In a small Austrian village by the river, a young priest brings a poem he has kept for two years and asks a schoolmaster for a tune by nightfall.

Philip walked away from a rich uncle's inheritance to follow God's call to Rome. With humor, music and a great deal of joy, he won over the young people of the streets and became known as the Apostle of Rome.

Orpheus played music so beautiful it charmed wild beasts, rivers, and even the gods. When he lost his beloved Eurydice, he went down alive into the realm of the dead to bring her back. One of the saddest and most beautiful love stories in Greek mythology.

A donkey, a hound, a cat, and a rooster, all grown old and turned out of their homes, set off together for Bremen, where they dream of becoming town-musicians. Along the way, they discover that together nothing can stop them.