Franz Schubert works as school teacher, yet his mind and soul are in music. When he is engaged as a pianist for an aristocratic soirée he doesn't suspect how this will change his life forever and even determine his unfinished symphony.
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Mártha Eggerth
Gräfin Eszterhazy
Luise Ullrich
Emmi Passenter
Hans Járay
Franz Schubert
Hans Moser
Pfandleiher Passenter
Otto Treßler
Graf Esterhaazy
Hans Olden
Hüttenbrenner
Raoul Aslan
Hofkapellmeister Antonio Salieri
Ernst Arndt
Lisl Reisch
Karl Forest
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