"Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist."
Harry Baur
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Jean-Louis Barrault
as Karl van Beethoven
Annie Ducaux
as Therese of Brunswick
Jany Holt
as Juliette Guicciardi
Jane Marken
as Esther Frechet
Marcel Dalio
as Steiner
André Nox
as Humpholz
Lucas Gridoux
as Smeskall
Paul Pauley
as Schuppanzigh
Lucien Rozenberg
as Comte Guicciardi
Yolande Laffon
as Countess Guicciardi
Jean Debucourt
as Count Robert Gallenberg
Georges Paulais
as
Georges Saillard
as Breuning
Jean Pâqui
as Pierrot
Philippe Richard
Enrico Glori
André Bertic
as Johann Van Beethoven
Sylvie Gance
as Dead child's mother
Roger Blin
as De Ries
Gaston Dubosc
as Anton Schindler
Dalméras
as Schubert
Gisèle Préville
Rika Radifé
as Mme Johann van Beethoven
Louis Daquin
Producer
Christian Stengel
Jacques Colombier
Art Direction
Abel Gance
Writer
Steve Passeur
Director
Marguerite Beaugé
Editor
Georges Leblond
Sound Designer
André Galitzine
Robert Lefebvre
Director of Photography
Marc Fossard
