''Schubert's Dream of Spring'' (german: Schuberts Frühlingstraum, link=no) is a 1931

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directed by

Richard Oswald Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald. Early career Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...

and starring Carl Jöken,

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and Alfred Läutner. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in

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with sets designed by the

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. It is a biopic of the Austrian composer

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(1797–1828). It was one of two films along with ''

Vienna, City of Song ''Vienna, City of Song'' (German: ''Wien, du Stadt der Lieder'') is a 1930 German musical comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Charlotte Ander, Paul Morgan and Igo Sym.Prawer p.9 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. ...

'' (1930) with which the director paid musical tribute to his native city

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.Prawer p. ix

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''Schuberts Frühlingstraum''
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