The film is a biopic covering part of the life of Austrian composer Franz Schubert flees from Vienna. It is sometimes known by the alternative titlesNew Wine (original title), One Romantic Night (USA reissue title) or Schubert, the Melody Master, was the last directed by Schünzel who was an exile from Nazi Germany.[2]
great, awakening, film, great, awakening, 1941, american, historical, musical, drama, film, starring, alan, curtis, ilona, massey, billy, gilbert, directed, reinhold, schünzel, film, produced, gloria, pictures, corporation, released, united, artists, miklós, r. The Great Awakening is a 1941 American historical musical drama film starring Alan Curtis Ilona Massey and Billy Gilbert Directed by Reinhold Schunzel the film was produced by Gloria Pictures Corporation and released by United Artists Miklos Rozsa was responsible for the musical direction though he later expunged the title from his filmography because he considered it a travesty of the great composer s life story The Great AwakeningSpanish theatrical posterDirected byReinhold SchunzelWritten byHoward EstabrookNicholas JoyProduced byDouglas MacLean William Sekely Alexander Korda uncredited StarringAlan CurtisIlona MasseyBilly GilbertBinnie BarnesSig ArnoEdited byJames SmithProductioncompanyGloria PicturesDistributed byUnited ArtistsRelease dateSeptember 10 1941 1941 09 10 Running time90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 600 000 1 The film is a biopic covering part of the life of Austrian composer Franz Schubert flees from Vienna It is sometimes known by the alternative titles New Wine original title One Romantic Night USA reissue title or Schubert the Melody Master was the last directed by Schunzel who was an exile from Nazi Germany 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksPlot editAustrian composer Franz Schubert flees from Vienna to avoid conscription ending up in Hungary where he falls in love 3 Cast editAlan Curtis as Franz Schubert Ilona Massey as Anna Billy Gilbert as Poldi Binnie Barnes as Countess Carolinda Sig Arno as Maestro Frascini Barnett Parker as Duke Albert Bassermann as Ludwig van Beethoven Kenneth Farrell as Young Man Ann Stewart as Young Woman Gilbert Emery as School Principal George O Hanlon as Peppi Forrest Tucker as Moritz Maynard Holmes as Wilhelm Marion Martin as Mitzi tavern wench Paul Sutton as Farm Foreman Sterling Holloway as Otto the bookkeeper John Qualen as Hasslinger s Clerk Richard Carle as Karl HasslingerReferences edit UA Meeting Variety November 20 1940 p 20 Bock amp Bergfelder p 433 Langman p 82 Bibliography editBock Hans Michael Bergfelder Tim eds 2009 The Concise Cinegraph Encyclopaedia of German Cinema New York Berghahn Books ISBN 978 1 57181 655 9 Langman Larry 2000 Destination Hollywood The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking Jefferson NC McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 0681 4 External links editThe Great Awakening at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a historic musical film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Great Awakening film amp oldid 1149288655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
