The Great Awakening (film)

The Great Awakening is a 1941 American historical musical drama film starring Alan Curtis, Ilona Massey, and Billy Gilbert. Directed by Reinhold Schünzel, the film was produced by Gloria Pictures Corporation, and released by United Artists. Miklós Rózsa 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 Awakening
Spanish theatrical poster
Directed by	Reinhold Schünzel
Written by	Howard Estabrook Nicholas Joy
Produced by	Douglas MacLean William Sekely Alexander Korda (uncredited)
Starring	Alan Curtis Ilona Massey Billy Gilbert Binnie Barnes Sig Arno
Edited by	James Smith
Production company	Gloria Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 10, 1941 (1941-09-10)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$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 Schünzel who was an exile from Nazi Germany.^[2]

Plot

Austrian composer Franz Schubert flees from Vienna to avoid conscription, ending up in Hungary where he falls in love.^[3]

Cast

• Alan 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 Hasslinger

References

1. "UA Meeting". Variety. November 20, 1940. p. 20.
2. Bock & Bergfelder, p. 433.
3. Langman, p. 82.

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.
• Langman, Larry (2000). Destination Hollywood: The Influence of Europeans on American Filmmaking. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0681-4.

External links

• The Great Awakening at IMDb