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.
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> Walter Kolm-Veltée (Director)
> Karl Kirchner (Director of Photography)
> Hanns König (Director of Photography)
> Walter Kolm-Veltée (Screenplay)
> Carl Merz (Writer)