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Schubert Filmography

Introduction

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The movies listed in this filmography have been identified through film and CD print and online reference works, commercial and fan databases, catalogs, and compendia as having music by Franz Schubert on the film's soundtrack. In some cases the soundtrack has been released on a CD. Where a specific Schubert work is identified below, the soundtrack may contain only a small portion of the work in its original form or the work may have been adapted in some way appropriate to the film. The filmography is split up into a number of smaller sections, which may be reached from the drop down menu, the links below, the menu bar at the left, or the set of links at the bottom of each page:

'Biographical' Schubert Films

 Films with Schubert Incidental Music

 Films of Schubert Performances

Other
Frequently, Schubert is listed only as "composer" or "songwriter" on the soundtrack credits without further identification of the work or works used. That brief attribution is noted in brackets as well. A caution: not all sources agree about Schubert on the movie soundtrack. And, the works that are listed in the database credits are done in an incomplete manner. I have attempted to complete every musical citation found, with the Deutsch number added. As a result of conflicting information or no information this filmography is, inevitably, a work in progress. Corrections and additions are always welcome.

What one almost never finds in the online movie database is a listing of the orchestra or ensemble, or the names of the musical organization, the conductor, or solo performer. Copyright law (and very likely entertainment law) governs that this information appear in the film credits. This information is in the 'crawl' at the end of the movie, which only the hardiest of film buffs insists on sitting through. Unfortunately, the online sources for soundtracks -- especially those that have been newly released on a CD (or were re-mastered from old LPs in the case of earlier films) -- are usually limited to non-classical music, so here again the researcher will come up short in the quest for a Schubert citation. The only classical record label I know of that includes a separate list of its film soundtracks in its CD catalog is Naxos. There are specialty CD labels for movie soundtracks but they cover the broadest spectrum of musical genres and styles.

The listing order is: film title; year released; country of origin (more than one if a co-production); other titles used; director's name; person(s) responsible for music or music direction; and, the bulleted Schubert work as provided in sources searched. There may appear a bracketed note about Schubert as a character in the film or about the authenticity of soundtrack and/or CD attribution.

Online Sources: Movieline-Filmdatenbank (Germany); Internet Movie Data Base (USA); All Movie Guide (USA): La Bibliothèque du Film (France); Ministerio de Educacíon, Cultura y Deporte; Películas Españolas, y Extranjeras estrenadas en España (Spain); Classics from the Silver Screen - Classical Themes in Movies (USA); Soundtrack Collector (The Netherlands); and numerous film music sites, film soundtrack sites, and search engines.

Print Reference Sources: Halliwell's 2002 Film and Video Guide, 17th edition; "Film," in Schubert Lexikon, ed. Ernst Hilmar and Margret Jestremski, pp 127-128.

The following abbreviations are used: CD = soundtrack CD released; a/k/a = [title] also known as; d. = director; m. = music; md. = musical director; AA = Academy Award; AAN = Academy Award nomination. The question mark before the film title indicates that research has not been able to find a soundtrack association with Franz Schubert.
The information used to generate these HTML pages is maintained in an access database, which is available to you from SIUK, (also available as an Excel spreadsheet) so you may do your own analyses. For details, follow the link.
If you spot any errors or omissions, particularly new films to keep the list up to date, please send an Email to Richard Morris at info@franzschubert.org.uk.

Filmography by :
Janet I Wasserman, Schubert Institute (UK)
Further details provided by: Jaume Figueras, Richard Morris

First Posted January 2002
Major revision (layout rather than content) October 2002
Updated November 2003, January 2006