Schubert's Dream of Spring

Schubert's Dream of Spring (German: Schubert's Frühlingstraum) is a 1931 German musical film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Carl Jöken, Gretl Theimer and Alfred Läutner. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin with sets designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. It is a biopic of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828). It was one of two films along with Vienna, City of Song (1930) with which the director paid musical tribute to his native city Vienna.

Schubert's Dream of Spring
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Leo Lasko Arthur Rebner
Produced by	Erich Morawsky Richard Oswald
Starring	Carl Jöken Gretl Theimer Alfred Läutner Willy Stettner
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Edited by	Paul Falkenberg
Music by	Felix Günther
Production company	Richard-Oswald-Produktion
Distributed by	Atlas-Filmverleih
Release date	30 January 1931 (1931-01-30) (Berlin)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Carl Jöken as Franz Schubert
• Gretl Theimer as Maria Esterhazy
• Alfred Läutner as Graf Esterhazy
• Willy Stettner as Von Fekete, his future son-in-law
• Lucie Englisch as Therese, inn keeper of the 'Höldrichsmühle'
• Sig Arno as Ferdi Klebinder
• Oskar Sima as Sepp, cooper at the 'Höldrichsmühle'
• Gustl Gstettenbaur as Schani, apprentice waiter in the 'Höldrichsmühle'
• Fritz Kampers
• Max Hansen
• Paul Morgan

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
• Prawer, Siegbert Salomon (2005). Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-84545-074-8.

External links

• Schubert's Dream of Spring at IMDb
• Schuberts Frühlingstraum, filmportal.de (in German)