
Hans Járay
1906 - 1990Unfinished Symphony
Willi Forst, Anthony Asquith
Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler
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.
Unfinished Symphony
Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
G.W. Pabst
Édith Jéhanne, Uno Henning
In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.
The Love of Jeanne Ney
Peter, das Mädchen von der Tankstelle
Henry Koster
Franziska Gaal, Hans Jaray
Starring Francisca Gaál in a breeches role. Dressed as a boy, a street musician gets a job pumping gas. When s/he starts to have feelings for her patron, watch out for complications in this comedy shot in German in Budapest.
Peter
Leise flehen meine Lieder
Willi Forst
Mártha Eggerth, Luise Ullrich
A section from the life of composer Franz Schubert as a material for a love story. Also known in English as Gently My Songs Entreat. An English version called Unfinished Symphony would follow in 1934.
Lover Divine