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
as (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Bit part (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Bit part (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
