"A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war II) is reflected in the ups and downs of a family of piano-makers in Vienna."
Paula Wessely
as Henriette Alt, geb. Stein
Helene Thimig
as Gretel
Hedwig Bleibtreu
as Sophie Alt
Alma Seidler
as Pauline Drauffen
Maria Schell
as Selma Rösner
Adrienne Gessner
as Fürstin Pauline Metternich
Erni Mangold
as Martha Monica Alt
Attila Hörbiger
as Franz Alt
Paul Hörbiger
as Otto-Eberhard Alt
Hans Holt
as Hans Alt
Oskar Werner
as Hermann Alt
Fred Liewehr
as Kronprinz Rudolf
Curd Jürgens
as Graf Leopold Traun
Karlheinz Böhm
as Franz Alt jun.
Peter Alexander
as Gast bei Frau Stein
Alfred Neugebauer
as Kriminalbeamter
Anton Edthofer
as
Gustav Waldau
Karl Günther
Hermann Erhardt
Karl Paryla
Erich Ziegel
Hans Ziegler
Fritz Eckhardt
Karl Skraup
Karl Hartl
Director
Josefine Ramerstorfer
Editor
Karl Ehrlich
Producer
Günther Anders
Cinematography
Writer
Franz Tassié
Ernst Lothar
Novel
Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Music