Eric Woolfe (Johann Strauss), Anne Stallybrass (Anna Strauss), Stuart Wilson (Johann Strauss Jr.), Derek Jacobi (Josef Lanner), Barbara Ferris (Emilie Trampusch), Ania Marson (Olga), Nikolas Simmonds (Josef Strauss), Tony Anholt (Eduard Strauss), Sonia Dresdel (Lucari), Margaret Whiting (Hetti), Georgia Hale (Lili), Jane Seymour (Karolin). Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
The saga of the Strauss family is an epic story spanning more than 85 years. From father Johann Strauss to his eldest son Schanni, it was a tradition not only of music, but of the wealth, fame and jealousies common to popular musicians throughout the ages.
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