The life of Franz Schubert is trivialized in this English-language version of an Austrian film. Yaray is the great composer, impoverished, unknown, and unable to finish the symphony he has been working on. A friend lands him a performance for a princess, Sterler, but while the composer is
passionately pouring his heart into the performance, aristocratic Eggerth laughs out loud at some private joke. His concentration ruined, Yaray angrily stomps out. Eggerth takes a fancy to this hotheaded musician, and she convinces her father to hire him as her music teacher. They fall in love
over the keyboard and, inspired, he finishes his symphony. They are forbidden to marry, ...
Released:
1934
Rated:
NR
Length:
84 mins