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.
Franz Schubert

Therese Grob

Vater Schubert

Franz Schober

Schmiedermeister

Heinrich Grob, Vater

Junges Mädchen

Diabelli
Madame Schechner
Moritz von Schwind (as Luis Soldan)
Bergmann
Netty
Johann Mayerhofer

Ferdinand Schubert
Hofopernsänger Vogl (as Hinz Fabricius)

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Schindler
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Hoftheatersekretär

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