Casting

• Robert Powell | Gustav Mahler
• Georgina Hale | Alma Mahler
• Lee Montague | Bernhard Mahler
• Miriam Karlin | Aunt Rosa
• Rosalie Crutchley | Marie Mahler
• Gary Rich | Young Gustav
• Richard Morant | Max
• Angela Down | Justine Mahler
• Antonia Ellis | Cosima Wagner
• Ronald Pickup | Nick
• Peter Eyre | Otto Mahler
• Dana Gillespie | Anna von Mildenburg
• George Coulouris | Doctor Roth
• David Collings | Hugo Wolf
• Arnold Yarrow | Grandfather
• David Trevena | Doctor Richter
• Elaine Delmar | Princess
• Benny Lee | Uncle Arnold
• Andrew Faulds | Doctor on Train
• Otto Diamant | Professor Sladky
• Michael Southgate | Alois Mahler
• Kenneth Colley | Krenek
• Sarah McClellan | Putzi
• Claire McClellan | Glucki
• Oliver Reed | Train Conductor