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Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen
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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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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Genre:History
Written By:Walter Kolm-Veltée, Carl Merz
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Studio:Beta Film
Cast
Walter Kolm-Veltée
Director
Heinrich Schweiger
Franz Schubert
Aglaja Schmid
Therese Grob
Hans Thimig
Vater Schubert
Rolf Wanka
Franz Schober
Fritz Imhoff
Schmiedermeister
Carl Bosse
Heinrich Grob, Vater
Chariklia Baxevanos
Junges Mädchen
Franz Pfaudler
Diabelli
Maria Eis
Madame Schechner
Louis Soldan
Moritz von Schwind (as Luis Soldan)
Michael Janisch
Bergmann
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