

Franz Schubert toils by day as his fatherâs clerk while secretly composing in Beethovenâs 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 âErlkönig,â and together with Therese sustains himself by performing his songs.

Heinrich Schweiger
Franz Schubert

Aglaja Schmid
Therese Grob

Hans Thimig
Vater Schubert

Rolf Wanka
Franz Schober

Fritz Imhoff
Schmiedermeister

Carl Bosse
Heinrich Grob, Vater

Chariklia Baxevanos
Junges MĂ€dchen
Franz Pfaudler
Diabelli
Maria Eis
Madame Schechner
Louis Soldan
Moritz von Schwind (as Luis Soldan)

Michael Janisch
Bergmann
Anni Korin
Netty

Erwin Strahl
Johann Mayerhofer
Karl Mittner
Ferdinand Schubert

Fritz Hinz-Fabricius
HofopernsÀnger Vogl (as Hinz Fabricius)

Senta Wengraf
Fred Hennings
Schindler
Otto TreĂler

Alma Seidler
Susanne Engelhart