"Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing."
Jean Hersholt
as Christopher Freyman
Don Ameche
as Karl Freyman / Mario Signarelli
Allen Jenkins
as Crusty
J. Edward Bromberg
as Anton Engel
Ann Shoemaker
as Anna Engel
DeWitt Jennings
as Twichelesko
Fritz Leiber
as Father Prior
Francis Ford
as Town Drunk
Christian Rub
as Fritz
Adrian Rosley
as Singarelli's Butler
Gene Reynolds
as Karl Freyman as a Boy
Mickey Rentschler
as Gabriel Freyman as a Boy
John Miltern
as Mr. Hall
Paul Stanton
as Minister
Edward Van Sloan
as Austrian Army Doctor
Egon Brecher
as Doctor
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Town Bully
Maxine Reiner
as Bella Twitchelesko
Ruth Robinson
as Freida Freyman
Ernie Alexander
as Bit Role
Tommy Bupp
as Little Boy
Jack Byron
as Bum
Nina Campana
as Cook
Charles Coleman
as Doorman
Jack Curtis
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Herbert Heywood
as Stage Door Man
John Marston
as Immigration Officer
Paul McVey
as Army Doctor
Bradley Metcalfe
as Boy
Francesca Rotoli
Charles Tannen
as Steamship Clerk
Julius Tannen
as Advertising Man
Roland Varno
as Consul Clerk
Pat West
Richard Powell
as Beanery Man
Joey Ray
Otto Brower
Director
Gregory Ratoff
Samuel G. Engel
Writer
Ossip Dymow
Joseph Roth
Novel
Frederick Kohner