
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.

as Franz Schubert

as Therese Grob

as Vater Schubert

as Franz Schober

as Schmiedermeister

as Heinrich Grob, Vater

as Junges Mädchen

as Diabelli

as Madame Schechner

as Moritz von Schwind (as Luis Soldan)

as Bergmann

as Netty

as Johann Mayerhofer

as Ferdinand Schubert

as Hofopernsänger Vogl (as Hinz Fabricius)


as Schindler




as Hoftheatersekretär

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as Bit part (uncredited)

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