Ian Hart ... Ludwig van Beethoven
Jack Davenport ... Prince Lobkowitz
Tim Pigott-Smith ... Count Dietrichstein
Anton Lesser ... Sukowaty
Frank Finlay ... Josef Haydn
Claire Skinner ... Josephine Deym nee Brunsvik
Lucy Akhurst ... Therese Brunsvik
Fenella Woolgar ... Princess Lobkowitz
Leo Bill ... Reis
Trevor Cooper ... Otto Fisher
Victoria Shalet ... Kirsten
Jonathan Aris ... Paul Dorfmueller
Robert Glenister ... Gerhardt
Joseph Morgan ... Matthias