Serenade (1940 film)
# Serenade (1940 film)

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.

## Cast

* Lilian Harvey as Margaret Brenton
* Louis Jouvet as Baron Hartmann
* Bernard Lancret as Franz Schubert
* Félix Oudart as Schwindt the director
* Roger Bourdin as Vogl
* Marcel Lupovici as a friend of Schubert
* Auguste Bovério as Beethoven
* Marcel Vallée as Hostlinger the editeur
* Alexandre Rignault as the policeman
* Pierre Magnier as Prince Klemens von Metternich
* René Stern as an elegant man
* Madeleine Suffel as Anny
* Claire Gérard as the owner
* Marthe Mellot as the saleswoman
* Georges Bever as Le commis
* Jacques Butin as the secretary
* Edmond Castel as L'aubergiste
* Philippe Richard as Le prieur
* Robert Arnoux as Chavert
* Henri Richard as a diplomat
