Franz Schubert toils by day as his father’s clerk while secretly composing in Beethoven’s shadow, gaining little recognition until friends persuade publisher Diabelli to host a public performance where he meets and falls for soprano Therese Grob. Abandoning a teaching career, he moves in with artist and poet friends, finds inspiration for the “Erlkönig,” and together with Therese sustains himself by performing his songs.
Heinrich Schweiger
as Franz Schubert
Aglaja Schmid
as Therese Grob
Hans Thimig
as Vater Schubert
Rolf Wanka
as Franz Schober
Fritz Imhoff
as Schmiedermeister
Carl Bosse
as Heinrich Grob, Vater
Chariklia Baxevanos
as Junges Mädchen
Franz Pfaudler
as Diabelli
Maria Eis
as Madame Schechner
Louis Soldan
as Moritz von Schwind (as Luis Soldan)
Michael Janisch
as Bergmann
Anni Korin
as Netty
