''Schubert's Dream of Spring'' () is a 1931

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directed by

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and starring Carl Jöken, Gretl Theimer 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'' (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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