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Serenade (1940)

Serenade poster
Original title
Sérénade
Directed by
Jean Boyer
Genre
romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fictional romance forms between composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The story follows their relationship in a historical setting.

romanticlighthistoricalelegantmelodramaticwhimsicalsentimental

What happens

Serenade or Schubert's Serenade (French: Sérénade) is a 1940 French historical film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Lilian Harvey, Louis Jouvet and Bernard Lancret. It portrays a fictional romance between the Austrian composer Franz Schubert and an English dancer. The film was the first of two the Anglo-German actress Lillian Harvey made in France, after leaving Nazi Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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