---
title: 'Unfinished Symphony (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Willi Forst'
released: '1934-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/unfinished-symphony-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024274/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Unfinished Symphony (1934)

1934 · Drama, History, Music · Germany, United Kingdom, Austria


## Synopsis

Unfinished Symphony is a 1934 British-German musical drama film directed by Willi Forst and Anthony Asquith and starring Mártha Eggerth, Helen Chandler, Hans Jaray, and Ronald Squire. 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. The film's alternate German-language version was called Gently My Songs Entreat. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst), [Anthony Asquith](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-asquith)
- **Screenplay:** [Willi Forst](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-forst), [Walter Reisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-reisch), [Benn Levy](https://cinepixo.com/people/benn-levy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Willy Schmidt-Gentner](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-schmidt-gentner)
- **Producer:** [Gregor Rabinovitch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregor-rabinovitch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Franz Planer](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-planer)

## Cast

- [Hans Jaray](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jaray)
- [Helen Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-chandler)
- [Ronald Squire](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-squire)
- [Frida Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/frida-richard)
- [Marta Eggerth](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-eggerth)
- [Hermine Sterler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermine-sterler)
- [Paul Wilhelm Hubert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-wilhelm-hubert-wagner)
- [Cecil Humphreys](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-humphreys)
- [Eliot Makeham](https://cinepixo.com/people/eliot-makeham)
- [Esme Percy](https://cinepixo.com/people/esme-percy)

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