Franz Schubert – Ein Leben in zwei Sätzen (1953)

Cast

Heinrich Schweiger, Aglaja Schmid, Hans Thimig, Rolf Wanka, Fritz Imhoff

Overview

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.