Unfinished Symphony (film)

For the original work, see Unfinished symphony.

Unfinished Symphony
Original lobby card
Directed byAnthony Asquith
Willi Forst
Written byWilli Forst
Benn W. Levy
Walter Reisch
StarringMártha Eggerth
Helen Chandler
Hans Jaray
Ronald Squire
CinematographyFranz Planer
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont British (UK)
Fox Film Corporation (US)
Release dates
  • 23 August 1934 (1934-08-23) (UK)
  • 11 January 1935 (1935-01-11) (US)
Running time
84 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Austria

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.[1] 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.[2] The film's alternate German-language version was called Gently My Songs Entreat.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Unfinished Symphony (1934)". IMDb. 30 May 1935.
  2. ^ "The Unfinished Symphony (1934)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  3. ^ "10 great films set in Vienna". British Film Institute. 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Gently My Songs Entreat (1933)". What Film.