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Alexander Schonath is an exceptionally gifted musician who plays first violin in a philharmonic orchestra. But when the orchestra runs into financial difficulties, Alexander is the first to leave and join a dance band – the other musicians, especially his father, see him as a "deserter." In Alexander's absence, his younger, perpetually sickly brother Hans makes a career in the philharmonic and becomes engaged to Maria, the daughter of the orchestra's chairman, Herbert Hartwig.Read moreLess
Alexander Schonath is an exceptionally gifted musician who plays first violin in a philharmonic orchestra. But when the orchestra runs into financial difficulties, Alexander is the first to leave and join a dance band – the other musicians, especially his father, see him as a "deserter." In Alexander's absence, his younger, perpetually sickly brother Hans makes a career in the philharmonic and becomes engaged to Maria, the daughter of the orchestra's chairman, Herbert Hartwig.
The story
Alexander Schonath is an exceptionally gifted musician who plays first violin in a philharmonic orchestra. But when the orchestra runs into financial difficulties, Alexander is the first to leave and join a dance band – the other musicians, especially his father, see him as a "deserter." In Alexander's absence, his younger, perpetually sickly brother Hans makes a career in the philharmonic and becomes engaged to Maria, the daughter of the orchestra's chairman, Herbert Hartwig.
Cast & crew
Eugen KlöpferVater Schonath
Will QuadfliegAlexander Schonath
Irene von MeyendorffMaria Hartwig
Erich PontoOrchesterdiener Straehle
Kirsten HeibergHeddy Lindt
Elisabeth FlickenschildtKonzertagentin Fuchs
O.E. HasseKonzertagent Urdoi
Franz SchafheitlinMinisterialrat
Erika von ThellmannFrau Brettschneider
Theodor LoosHerbert Hartwig
Malte JaegerHans Schonath
Erich FiedlerSchneemannExplore the crew
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven