List of composers depicted on film
This list provides details of cinematic portrayals of composers as characters in film.
A composer may be the main subject of a film, or a less important character. The events portrayed might be reasonably historically accurate or might be fictionalised to some degree. The list includes films released in cinemas as well as films made for television.
This list does not cover purely documentary films. Some films mix elements of drama and documentary, such as Ken Russell's Elgar, and these can be included.
This list does not give details of roles where an actor provides only their voice; nor does it include portrayals of fictional composers.
List of films by composer[]
Details shown for each film are:
- title
- year of production
- country of production
- language if other than English
- name of actor portraying the composer (they are sometimes shown at different ages in the same film, requiring different actors).
| Composer | Film details | Actor |
|---|---|---|
| Isaac Albéniz | Albéniz (1947); Argentina; Spanish | Pedro López Lagar |
| Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012); Spain; Spanish | Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón | |
| Johann Georg Albrechtsberger | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Fritz Imhoff |
| Eroica (1949); Austria; German | Alfred Neugebauer | |
| Johann Christoph Altnickol | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Gustav Knuth |
| Anna Magdalena Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Lina Lossen |
| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | ||
| Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | ||
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
| Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | ||
| Johann Christoph Bach | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | Cédric Vallet |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Eugen Klöpfer |
| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | Gustav Leonhardt | |
| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Gerd Böckmann | |
| Bach's Fight for Freedom (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Ted Dykstra | |
| Uzhin V Chetyre Ruki (2000); Russia | Evgeniy Steblov | |
| Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | , Christian Vadim | |
| Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Vadim Glowna | |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | Friedemann Bach (1941); Germany; German | Gustaf Gründgens |
| The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968); West Germany; German | ||
| Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Anatole Taubman | |
| Mily Balakirev | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | |
| Béla Bartók | Bartok (1964); UK | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven see also: Beethoven in film see also: Category:Depictions of Ludwig van Beethoven on film |
Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | |
| Beethoven's Great Love (1937); France; French | Harry Baur | |
| Serenade (1940); France; French | ||
| The Great Awakening (1941); USA | Albert Bassermann | |
| Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | René Deltgen | |
| Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Steven Geray | |
| Eroica (1949); Austria; German | Ewald Balser | |
| Napoléon (1955); France; French | Erich von Stroheim | |
| The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Ewald Balser | |
| The Magnificent Rebel (1962); USA, Austria; English, German (made as 2 episodes of the TV series Disneyland but then unified as a feature film and given a cinematic release) |
Karlheinz Böhm | |
| Le Neveu de Beethoven (1985); France, West Germany | Wolfgang Reichmann | |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989); USA; English | Clifford David | |
| Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992); Canada | Neil Munro | |
| Immortal Beloved (1994); UK, USA; English, Hungarian | Gary Oldman | |
| Eroica (2003); UK | Ian Hart | |
| Beethoven (2005: TV mini-series) | Paul Rhys | |
| Copying Beethoven (2006); USA | Ed Harris | |
| Vincenzo Bellini | Casta Diva (1935); Italy; Italian | |
| Casta Diva (1954); Italy; Italian | Maurice Ronet | |
| Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Maurice Ronet | |
| Hector Berlioz | Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | |
| La Symphonie fantastique (1942); France; French | Jean-Louis Barrault | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | Murray Melvin | |
| Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | ||
| La vie de Berlioz (1983); France; French | Daniel Mesguich | |
| Georges Bizet | Bizet's Dream (1994); Czech Republic, Canada | Maurice Godin |
| Arrigo Boito | Puccini (1953); Italy; Italian | Carlo Duse |
| The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Lino Capolicchio | |
| Alexander Borodin | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | |
| Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | ||
| Johannes Brahms | Rosen aus dem Süden (1934); Germany; German | Hugo Werner-Kahle |
| Guten Abend, gute Nacht (1936); Germany; German | Albert Florath | |
| Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Ullrich Haupt | |
| Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Robert Walker | |
| The Strauss Family (1972); UK | ||
| Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | ||
| Inner Voices (2003); Canada | ||
| Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | ||
| Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Malik Zidi | |
| Anton Bruckner | The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990); UK | |
| Bruckners Entscheidung (1995); Germany; German | Joachim Bauer | |
| Hans von Bülow | Magic Fire (1955); USA | |
| Ludwig (1972); Italy, France; Italian, French | Mark Burns | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | ||
| Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | István Iglódi | |
| Wagner (1983); UK | Miguel Herz-Kestranek | |
| Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Peter Matic | |
| Ferruccio Busoni | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | |
| Dieterich Buxtehude | Il était une fois Jean-Sébastien Bach (2003); France, French | |
| Frédéric Chopin | Chopin e George Sand (1910); Italy; silent | |
| Nocturne of Love (1919); Germany; silent | Conrad Veidt | |
| Fadette (1926); Germany; German | Alfred Abel | |
| La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Jean Servais | |
| Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | |
| The Life of Chopin (1938); UK | ||
| Pontcarral, colonel d'empire (1942); France; French | ||
| Szerelmes szívek (1944); Hungary; Hungarian | Gyula Benkö | |
| A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Cornel Wilde | |
| Housle a sen (1947); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Václav Voska | |
| Bohemian Rapture (1948); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Václav Voska | |
| La rebelión de los fantasmas (1949); Mexico; Spanish | ||
| Nocturne in Scotland (1951); UK | Hugh Burden | |
| Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | Czesław Wołłejko | |
| George Sand (1958); Brazil; Portuguese | ||
| George Sandin salongissa (1960); Finland; Finnish | ||
| Song Without End (1960); USA | Alexander Davion | |
| Prelúdio, A Vida de Chopin (1962); Brazil; Portuguese | ||
| Chopin and George Sand - The Creative Years (1966); UK | Jeremy Brett | |
| Jutrzenka (aka A Winter in Mallorca) (1969); Spain; Spanish | Christopher Sandford | |
| George Who? (1973); France; French | ||
| Notorious Woman (1974); UK | George Chakiris | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | Kenneth Colley | |
| Sex Pot (1975); Italy, France; Italian | Aldo Maccione | |
| Le porte-clefs (1981); France; French | ||
| Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | László Gálffi | |
| Ein Winter auf Mallorca (1982); West Germany; German | Krystian Martinek | |
| Impromptu (1991); UK, France | Hugh Grant | |
| La note bleue (1991); France, Germany; French | Janusz Olejniczak | |
| Chopin - Bilder einer Trennung (1993); France, Germany | ||
| The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka: or, The Mystery of Chopin (1999) | Paul Rhys | |
| Pół serio (2000); Poland; Polish | ||
| Toute la ville en parle (2000); France; French | ||
| Chopin: Frédéric et George (2001); Canada; French | ||
| Chopin: Desire for Love (2002); Poland; Polish | Piotr Adamczyk | |
| George et Fanchette (2010); France; French | ||
| George M. Cohan | Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); USA | James Cagney |
| The Seven Little Foys (1955); USA | ||
| Aaron Copland | Salón México (1996); Mexico | |
| César Cui | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | William Ruhl |
| Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Bruno Freindlich | |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Fyodor Nikitin |
| Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | Yuri Lyubimov | |
| Claude Debussy | The Debussy Film (1958); UK | Oliver Reed |
| Camille Claudel (1988); France; French | Maxime Leroux | |
| La musique de l’amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | François Marthouret | |
| Élie-Miriam Delaborde | Bizet's Dream (1994); Czech Republic, Canada | R. H. Thomson |
| Frederick Delius | Song of Summer (1968); UK | Max Adrian |
| Anton Diabelli | It's Only Love (1947); Austria; German | Julius Brandt |
| Franz Schubert (1953); Austria; German | Franz Pfaudler | |
| The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Richard Romanowsky | |
| Gaetano Donizetti | Il cavaliere del sogno (1947); Italy; Italian | Amedeo Nazzari |
| Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Marcello Mastroianni | |
| The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Ugo Bologna | |
| Sophie Eckhardt-Gramatté | Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté (2006); Canada | |
| Edward Elgar | Elgar (1962); UK | |
| Józef Elsner | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Marcel Vallée |
| Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Richard Romanowsky | |
| A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Paul Muni | |
| Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | Jan Kurnakowicz | |
| Prelúdio, A Vida de Chopin (1962); Brazil; Portuguese | ||
| Ferenc Erkel | Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | |
| Eric Fenby | Song of Summer (1968); UK | Christopher Gable |
| Stephen Foster | Harmony Lane (1935); USA, English | Douglass Montgomery |
| Swanee River (1939); USA, English | Don Ameche | |
| I Dream of Jeanie (1952); USA, English | Bill Shirley | |
| Frederick II of Prussia | Mein Name ist Bach (2003); France, Germany, Switzerland; German | Jürgen Vogel |
| Niels Gade | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Ronald Adam |
| George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | Robert Alda |
| So This Is Love (1953); USA | William Boyett | |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies ([1]); (1994); USA | ||
| Alexander Glazunov | Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | Viktor Khokhryakov |
| Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | Peter Woodthorpe | |
| Mikhail Glinka | The Great Glinka (1946); USSR; Russian | Boris Chirkov |
| Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | ||
| Szerelmi álmok – Liszt (1970); Hungary, USSR; various | Petr Shelokhonov | |
| Percy Grainger | Song of Summer (1968); UK | David Collings |
| Passion (1999); Australia | Richard Roxburgh | |
| Edvard Grieg | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Toralv Maurstad |
| Johan Halvorsen | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | |
| George Frideric Handel | The Great Mr. Handel (1942); UK | Wilfrid Lawson |
| God Rot Tunbridge Wells! (1986); UK | Trevor Howard, Christopher Bramwell, Dave Griffiths | |
| Farinelli (1994); Italy, Belgium, France; French, Italian | Jeroen Krabbé | |
| Handel's Last Chance (1996); Canada, Slovakia | Leon Pownall | |
| Uzhin V Chetyre Ruki (2000); Russia | Mikhail Kozakov | |
| Joseph Haydn | Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Cesare Polacco |
| The Magnificent Rebel (1962); USA, Austria; English, German (made as 2 episodes of the TV series Disneyland but then unified as a feature film and given a cinematic release) |
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| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Peter Pasetti | |
| Vergeßt Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Ladislav Chudík | |
| Eroica (2003); UK | Frank Finlay | |
| The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Ron Donachie | |
| Michael Haydn | Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | |
| Bernard Herrmann | RKO 281 (1999); USA | Kerry Shale |
| Hildegard of Bingen | Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2009); Germany, France; German, English | Barbara Sukowa |
| Anselm Hüttenbrenner | Blossom Time (1934); UK | Ivan Samson |
| Unfinished Symphony (1937); UK, Austria | Esme Percy | |
| Leoš Janáček | In Search of Janáček (2004); Czech Republic; Czech | |
| Armas Järnefelt | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Tapani Kalliomäki |
| Scott Joplin | Scott Joplin (1977); USA | Billy Dee Williams |
| Robert Kajanus | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Vesa Vierikko |
| Friedrich Kalkbrenner | La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Marcel André |
| Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Gustav Waldau | |
| A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Howard Freeman | |
| Aram Khachaturian | Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | William Squire |
| (2003); United States | ||
| Ernst Krenek | Mahler (1974); UK | Kenneth Colley |
| Joseph Lanner | The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Derek Jacobi |
| Vatroslav Lisinski | Lisinski (1944); Yugoslavia, Germany; Croatian | Branko Špoljar |
| Franz Liszt | Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | Gustav Fröhlich |
| La chanson de l'adieu (1934); Germany; French | Daniel Lecourtois | |
| Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Hans Schlenck | |
| If It Were Not for Music (1935); Germany; German, Italian | ||
| Suez (1938); USA | Brandon Hurst | |
| Pontcarral, colonel d'empire (1942); France; French | ||
| The Phantom of the Opera (1943); USA | Fritz Leiber | |
| Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | ||
| A Song to Remember (1945); USA | Stephen Bekassy | |
| Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Liszt character was cut out) | Henry Daniell | |
| Kompozitor Glinka (1953); USSR; Russian | Sviatoslav Richter | |
| Magic Fire (1955); USA | Carlos Thompson | |
| Lola Montès (1955); France, West Germany | Will Quadflieg | |
| George Sandin salongissa (1960); Finland; Finnish | ||
| Song Without End (1960); USA | Dirk Bogarde | |
| Song of Norway (1970); USA | Henry Gilbert | |
| Szerelmi álmok – Liszt (1970); Hungary, USSR; various | Imre Sinkovits | |
| George Who? (1973); France; French | Maxence Mailfort | |
| Notorious Woman (1974); UK | Jeremy Irons | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | Roger Daltrey | |
| Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | Iván Darvas, | |
| La vie de Berlioz (1983); France; French | ||
| Wagner (1983); UK | Ekkehard Schall | |
| Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Anton Diffring | |
| Impromptu (1991); UK, France | Julian Sands | |
| Liszt's Rhapsody (1996): Canada | ||
| Chopin: Desire for Love (2002); Poland; Polish | ||
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | Le Roi danse (2000); France; French | Boris Terral |
| Anatoly Lyadov | Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | |
| Gustav Mahler | Mahler (1974); UK | Robert Powell |
| Nedovrsena simfonija (1998); Yugoslavia; Serbian | ||
| Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Jonathan Pryce | |
| Mahler on the Couch (2010); Germany, Austria; German | Johannes Silberschneider | |
| Marin Marais | Tous les Matins du Monde (1991); France; French | Gérard Depardieu |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | Requiem for Fanny (2001); Canada | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Lisztomania (1975); UK | |
| Besuch bei ihr (1982); East Germany; German | ||
| Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | André Heller | |
| Requiem for Fanny (2001); Canada | ||
| André Messager | La musique de l'amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | Magic Fire (1955); USA | Charles Régnier |
| Wagner (1983); UK | Vernon Dobtcheff | |
| Ignaz Moscheles | Nocturne in Scotland (1951); UK | |
| Stanisław Moniuszko | Warsaw Premiere (1951); Poland; Polish | Jan Koecher |
| Leopold Mozart | Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden (1921), Austria; German | |
| Whom the Gods Love (1936); UK | Hubert Harben | |
| Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Luigi Pavese | |
| Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Walter Janssen | |
| Mozart: A Childhood Chronicle (1974); West Germany; German | ||
| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Michel Bouquet | |
| Amadeus (1984); USA | Roy Dotrice | |
| Noi tre (1984), Italy, Italian | Lino Capolicchio | |
| The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Kenneth Cranham | |
| Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006); Germany | ||
| In Search of Mozart (2006) UK | Sean Barrett | |
| Mozart's Sister (2010); France; French | Marc Barbé | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozarts Leben, Lieben und Leiden (1921), Austria; German | , |
| Whom the Gods Love (1936); UK | Stephen Haggard, | |
| Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Cesare Barbetti, Gino Cervi | |
| Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | Hans Holt | |
| Mozart (1955); Austria; German | Oskar Werner | |
| A Requiem for Mozart (1967); USSR; Russian | Innokenty Smoktunovsky | |
| Mozart: A Childhood Chronicle (1974); West Germany; German | , , Santiago Ziesmer | |
| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | , , Christoph Bantzer | |
| Amadeus (1984); USA | Tom Hulce | |
| Noi tre (1984), Italy, Italian | ||
| Vergeßt Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Max Tidof | |
| The Genius of Mozart (2004); UK | Jack Tarlton | |
| Mozart - Ich hätte München Ehre gemacht (2006); Germany | ||
| In Search of Mozart (2006) UK | Sam West / | |
| I, Don Giovanni (2009); Italy, Spain; German, Italian | Lino Guanciale | |
| Mozart's Sister (2010); France; French | David Moreau | |
| Modest Mussorgsky | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | |
| Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Aleksandr Borisov | |
| Rikard Nordraak | Song of Norway (1970); USA | Frank Porretta |
| Jacques Offenbach | The Empress and I (1933); Germany; German | Julius Falkenstein |
| Moi et l'impératrice (1933); Germany, France; French | Julius Falkenstein | |
| The Only Girl (1933); Germany, UK | Julius Falkenstein | |
| Idol of Paris (1948); UK | Miles Malleson | |
| The Paris Waltz (1950); France; French | Pierre Fresnay | |
| The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Arnulf Schröder | |
| The Great Waltz (1972); USA | ||
| Les folies Offenbach (TV miniseries, 1977–78); France; French | Michel Serrault | |
| Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone (1987), Austria | Philippe Nicaud | |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski | Moonlight Sonata (1937); UK | Himself |
| Niccolò Paganini | The House of Three Girls (1918); Germany; silent | |
| Paganini (1923); Germany; silent | Conrad Veidt | |
| Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | Otto Schmöle | |
| Fadette (1926); Germany; German | ||
| La Symphonie fantastique (1942); France; French | Maurice Schutz | |
| Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Fritz Feld | |
| A Song to Remember (1945); USA | ||
| The Magic Bow (1946); UK | Stewart Granger | |
| Housle a sen (1947); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Karel Dostal | |
| Bohemian Rapture (1948); Czechoslovakia; Czech | Karel Dostal | |
| Youth of Chopin (1952); Poland; Polish | ||
| Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Gidon Kremer | |
| Paganini (1989; aka Kinski Paganini); Italy; Italian | Klaus Kinski | |
| Maria Theresia von Paradis | Mesmer (1994); Austria, Canada, UK, Germany (as Maria Theresa Paradies) | Amanda Ooms |
| Ignaz Pleyel | Farewell Waltz (1934); Germany; German | Paul Henckels |
| Nicola Porpora | Farinelli (1994); Italy, Belgium, France; French, Italian | Omero Antonutti |
| Giacomo Puccini | Puccini (1953); Italy; Italian | Gabriele Ferzetti |
| Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Gabriele Ferzetti | |
| Puccini (1984); UK | Robert Stephens | |
| Puccini e la fanciulla (2008); Italy; Italian | ||
| Henry Purcell | England, My England (1995); UK | Michael Ball |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | Will Wright |
| Ya – aktrisa (1980); USSR; Russian | Vladimir Korenev | |
| Ellis Island (1984); USA | Vernon Dobtcheff | |
| The Child Prodigy (2010); Canada; French | ||
| Maurice Ravel | Rhapsody in Blue (1945); USA | |
| Nedovrsena simfonija (1998); Yugoslavia; Serbian | Fedja Stojanovic | |
| Ravel's Brain (2001); Canada; French, English | ||
| Carl Reinecke | Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Reinecke character was cut out) | Konstantin Shayne |
| Ferdinand Ries | Eroica (2003); UK | Leo Bill |
| Beethoven (2005: TV mini-series) | Bertie Carvel | |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Song of Scheherazade (1947); USA | Jean-Pierre Aumont |
| Song of My Heart (1948); USA | ||
| Mussorgsky (1950); USSR; Russian | Andrei Popov | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov (1952); USSR; Russian | Grigori Belov | |
| Juventino Rosas | Over the Waves (1950); Mexico, Spanish | Pedro Infante |
| Gioachino Rossini | Fadette (1926); Germany; German | Rudolf Klein-Rogge |
| Rossini (1942); Italy; Italian | Nino Besozzi | |
| Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Roland Alexandre | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | Ken Parry | |
| Rossini! Rossini! (1991); Italy; Italian | Sergio Castellitto, Philippe Noiret | |
| Rossini's Ghost (1996); Canada | Joseph Di Mambro | |
| Nikolai Rubinstein | Song of My Heart (1948); USA | |
| Tchaikovsky (1969); USSR; Russian | Vladislav Strzhelchik | |
| The Music Lovers (1970); UK | Max Adrian | |
| Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe | Tous les Matins du Monde (1991); France; French | Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Antonio Salieri | Unfinished Symphony (1934); UK, Austria | Cecil Humphreys |
| Eternal Melodies (1940), Italy, Italian | Augusto Marcacci | |
| Mozart (1955); Austria; German | Albin Skoda | |
| A Requiem for Mozart (1967); USSR; Russian | Pyotr Glebov | |
| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | ||
| Amadeus (1984); USA | F. Murray Abraham | |
| Vergeßt Mozart (1985); West Germany, Czechoslovakia; German | Winfried Glatzeder | |
| I, Don Giovanni (2009); Italy, Spain; German, Italian | Ennio Fantastichini | |
| Erik Satie | La musique de l'amour: Chouchou (1995); France; French | |
| Arnold Schoenberg | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | |
| Franz Schubert | The House of Three Girls (1918); Germany; silent | |
| A Waltz by Strauss (1925); Austria; silent | ||
| Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926); Austria; German | ||
| Seven Faces (1929); USA | Paul Muni | |
| Schubert's Dream of Spring (1931); Germany; German | ||
| Gently My Songs Entreat (1933); Austria; German | Hans Jaray | |
| Blossom Time (1934); UK | Richard Tauber | |
| Unfinished Symphony (1934); UK, Austria | Hans Jaray | |
| Love Time (1934); USA | Nils Asther | |
| Three Girls for Schubert (1936); Germany; German | Paul Hörbiger | |
| Horch, horch, die Lerch im Ätherblau (1936); Germany; German | Eduard Bornträger | |
| Beethoven's Great Love (1937); France; French | ||
| Serenade (1940); France; French | Bernard Lancret | |
| The Great Awakening (1941); USA | Alan Curtis | |
| It's Only Love (1947); Austria; German | Franz Böheim | |
| La Belle Meunière (1948); France; French | Tino Rossi | |
| Franz Schubert (1953); Austria; German | Heinrich Schweiger | |
| Symphony of Love (1956); France, Italy; Italian | Claude Laydu | |
| The House of Three Girls (1958); West Germany, Austria; German | Karlheinz Böhm | |
| Jomfruburet (1959); Denmark; Danish | Hans Kurt | |
| Du holde Kunst - Szenen um Lieder von Franz Schubert (1961); West Germany; German | Kurt Heintel | |
| Angeli senza paradiso (1970); Italy; Italian | Albano | |
| Leise flehen meine Lieder (1978); East Germany; German | , | |
| Mit meinen heißen Tränen (1986); Austria; German | Udo Samel | |
| The Temptation of Franz Schubert (1997); UK (aka The Double Life of Franz Schubert) |
Simon Russell Beale | |
| Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Ludwig Blochberger | |
| Clara Schumann | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Hilde Krahl |
| Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Katharine Hepburn | |
| Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Nastassja Kinski | |
| Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | , | |
| Inner Voices (2003); Canada | ||
| Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | ||
| Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Elisabeth Trissenaar | |
| Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Martina Gedeck | |
| Robert Schumann | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Mathias Wieman |
| Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story) | Paul Henreid | |
| Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Herbert Grönemeyer | |
| Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | ||
| Inner Voices (2003); Canada | ||
| Robert Schumann - Clara Wieck - Johannes Brahms (2006); Germany; German | ||
| Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee (2006); Germany; German | Olaf Bär | |
| Geliebte Clara (2008); Germany, France, Hungary; German | Pascal Greggory | |
| Richard M. Sherman | Saving Mr. Banks (2013); UK, Australia, USA | Jason Schwartzman |
| Robert B. Sherman | Saving Mr. Banks (2013); UK, Australia, USA | B.J. Novak |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | Testimony (1987); Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, West Germany, UK | Ben Kingsley |
| Jean Sibelius | Sibelius (2003); Finland; Finnish | Martti Suosalo |
| John Philip Sousa | Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); USA | Clifton Webb |
| Eduard Strauss I | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Eduard Strauss, Jr. |
| The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Tony Anholt | |
| Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone (1987), Austria | Mathieu Carrière | |
| The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Adrian Lukis | |
| Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | ||
| Johann Strauss I | Waltzes from Vienna (1934); UK | Edmund Gwenn |
| The Waltz King (1963); US | Brian Aherne | |
| The Great Waltz (1972); USA | Nigel Patrick | |
| The Strauss Family (1972); UK | ||
| The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Anthony Higgins | |
| Johann Strauss II | Rosen aus dem Süden (1934); Germany; German | Paul Hörbiger |
| Waltzes from Vienna (1934); UK | Esmond Knight | |
| The Great Waltz (1938); USA | Fernand Gravey | |
| The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | Bernhard Wicki | |
| The Waltz King (1963); US | Kerwin Mathews | |
| The Great Waltz (1972); USA | Horst Buchholz | |
| The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Stuart Wilson | |
| Farewell to St. Petersburg (1972); Soviet Union | ||
| Johann Strauß – Der König ohne Krone (1987), Austria | Oliver Tobias | |
| The Strauss Dynasty (1991); UK | Stephen McGann | |
| Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | Michael Riley | |
| Josef Strauss | The Eternal Waltz (1954); West Germany; German | |
| The Waltz King (1963); US | Peter Kraus | |
| The Great Waltz (1972); USA | James Faulkner | |
| The Strauss Family (1972); UK | Louis Selwyn / | |
| Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995); Canada, Czech Republic | ||
| Richard Strauss | "Omnibus": Dance of the Seven Veils (1970); UK | Christopher Gable |
| Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | ||
| Igor Stravinsky | Nijinsky (1980); USA | Ronald Pickup |
| Dalí (1991); Spain, Bulgaria; Spanish | ||
| Riot at the Rite (2005); UK | Aidan McArdle | |
| Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009); France; French, Russian, English | Mads Mikkelsen | |
| Soulima Stravinsky | Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009); France; French, Russian, English | |
| Franz Xaver Süssmayr | Whom the Gods Love (1942); Germany, Austria; German | |
| Mozart (1982) TV series; France, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland; French | Alexander Kerst | |
| Thomas Tallis | The Tudors (2007); UK | Joe Van Moyland |
| Giuseppe Tartini | Vivaldi (2013); USA, Belgium | Alfred Molina |
| Carl Tausig | Wagner (1983); UK | |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky (1939); Germany; German | Hans Stüwe |
| Heavenly Music (1943); USA | Lionel Royce | |
| Carnegie Hall (1947); USA | Alfonso D'Artega | |
| Song of My Heart (1948); USA | Frank Sundström | |
| Tchaikovsky (1969); USSR; Russian | Innokenty Smoktunovsky | |
| The Music Lovers (1970); UK | Richard Chamberlain | |
| Tchaikovsky: The Creation of Genius (2007); UK | Ed Stoppard | |
| Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy (2007); UK | Ed Stoppard | |
| A Morte de Tchaikovsky (2009); Portugal; Portuguese | ||
| Sigismond Thalberg | Song Without End (1960); USA | |
| Giuseppe Verdi | Giuseppe Verdi (1938); Italy; Italian | Fosco Giachetti |
| Verdi, the King of Melody (1953); Italy; Italian | Pierre Cressoy | |
| Casa Ricordi (1954); Italy; Italian | Fosco Giachetti | |
| The Life of Verdi (1982); Italy, France, UK, West Germany, Sweden; Italian | Ronald Pickup | |
| Pauline Viardot | La note bleue (1991); France, Germany; French | Noemi Nadelmann |
| Heitor Villa-Lobos | Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000); Brazil; Portuguese | Marcos Palmeira, Antônio Fagundes |
| Antonio Vivaldi | Rouge Venise (1989); France, Italy | Wojciech Pszoniak |
| Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009); Italy | Steven Cree | |
| Vivaldi (2013); USA, Belgium | Max Irons | |
| Richard Wagner see also: List of films about Richard Wagner |
Magic Fire (1955); USA | Alan Badel |
| Song Without End (1960); USA | Lyndon Brook | |
| Ludwig (1972); Italy, France; Italian, French | Trevor Howard | |
| Lisztomania (1975); UK | Paul Nicholas | |
| Liszt Ferenc (1982); Hungary; Hungarian | Tilo Prückner | |
| Wagner (1983); UK | Richard Burton | |
| Wahnfried (1986); Germany, France; German, French | Otto Sander | |
| Bruckners Entscheidung (1995); Germany; German | Joachim Kaiser | |
| Peter Warlock | Voices (from a Locked Room) (1995); UK, USA | Jeremy Northam, |
| Carl Maria von Weber | Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife (1936); UK | Richard Goolden |
| Through the Forests and Through the Trees (1956); West Germany; German | Peter Arens | |
| Friedrich Wieck | Dreaming (1944); Germany; German | Friedrich Kayßler |
| Song of Love (1947); USA (re-released in 1950 in a shorter version titled The Schumann Story, but the Friedrich Wieck character was cut out) | Leo G. Carroll | |
| Spring Symphony (1983); West Germany; German | Rolf Hoppe | |
| Der Fall des Robert Schumann (1990); West Germany; German | ||
| Hugo Wolf | Mahler (1974); UK | David Collings |
| Paul Wranitzky | Eroica (2003); UK | |
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | Bride of the Wind (2001); UK, Germany, Austria | Johannes Silberschneider |
| Mahler on the Couch (2010); Germany, Austria; German |
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of films by genre
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films about composers
- Biographical films about composers
- Depictions of people on film
- Cultural depictions of classical musicians