Unfinished Symphony (1934)
1h 24m
Running Time
August 23, 1934Release Date
Unfinished Symphony (1934)
1h 24m
Running Time
August 23, 1934Release Date
Plot.
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue. English-language version of "Leise flehen meine Lieder."
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Cast & Crew.
Mártha Eggerth
Caroline Esterhazy
Helen Chandler
Emmie Passeuter
Hans Járay
Franz Schubert
Eliot Makeham
Joseph Passenter
Ronald Squire
Count Esterhazy
Beryl Laverick
Mary Esterhazy
Cecil Humphreys
Salieri
Hermine Sterler
Princess Kinsky
Details.
Wiki.
Unfinished Symphony is a 1934 British-Austrian musical drama film directed by Willi Forst and Anthony Asquith and starring Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray, and Ronald Squire. The film is based on the story of Franz Schubert who, in the 1820s left his symphony unfinished after losing the love of his life. The film's alternate German-language version was called Gently My Songs Entreat. This title refers to the first line of the Lied "Ständchen" (Serenade) from Schubert's collection Schwanengesang, "the most famous serenade in the world", performed by Mártha Eggerth in the film.