Overview
During a house concert, the Bach family gets a visit by their son Wilhelm Friedemann, who has just given up his position in Dresden because he no longer could endure the reprisals of his superiors.
Director and cast
- Gustaf Gründgens as Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
- Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Eugen Klöpfer as Johann Sebastian Bach
- Leny Marenbach as Antonia Kollowrat
- Camilla Horn as Mariella Fiorini
- Gustav Knuth as Johann Christoph Altnikol
- Franz Schafheitlin as Sekretär Siepmann
- Paul Bildt as Musikalienhändler Lohmann
- Albert Florath as Gastwirt in Dresden
- Franz Arzdorf as Kammerherr am königlichen Hof in Dresden
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