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