Gary Oldman as Ludwig van Beethoven

Jeroen Krabbé as Anton Felix Schindler

Isabella Rossellini as Anna Marie Erdödy

Johanna ter Steege as Johanna Reiss

Marco Hofschneider as Karl van Beethoven

Miriam Margolyes as Nanette Streicherová

Barry Humphries as Clemens Metternich

Valeria Golino as Giulietta Guicciardi

Gerard Horan as Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven

Christopher Fulford as Kaspar Anton Carl van Beethoven

Luigi Diberti as Franz Josef Guicciardi

Michael Culkin as Jakob Hotscevar

Sandra Voe as Marie Fröhlich

Bernard Rose as Elector Max Friedrich

Alexandra Pigg as Therese Obermeyer

Donal Gibson as Karl Holz

Matthew North as Young Karl van Beethoven

Geno Lechner as Josephine von Brunsvik

Claudia Solti as Theresa von Brunsvik

Rory Edwards as Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg

Hannes Flaschberger as Joseph Deym

Leo Faulkner as Young Ludwig van Beethoven

Fintan McKeown as Johann van Beethoven, Sr

Everton Nelson as George Bridgetower

Jindra Petráková as Lilo Braun

Marek Vašut as Custody policeman

Hugo Kaminský as Magistrate

Stanislav Behal as Ignaz Schuppanzigh

Arna Mohelská as Suzanna Guicciardi

Stepan Hlatky as Zoltan

Gordon Lovitt as Metternich's flunky

Anna Kolínská as Fritzi Erdödy

Johan Kolinsky as August Erdödy

Josef Kolínský as August Erdödy

Jan Kuželka as Country policeman

Barbora Srncová as Erdödy's servant

Bruce Davey as Artillery Captain