title: Serenade (1940 film)
text: # 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
  