Gedurende de Grote Depressie kondigt de bierbarones Lady Port-Huntly een wereldwijde competitie aan om te bepalen wat de meest "ontroerende" muziek van de wereld is. Muzikanten van over de hele wereld komen naar Winnipeg om te strijden voor de hoofdprijs van $ 25,000. De Kent familie confronteert de diepste geheimen uit haar verleden, onderwijl opgesloten in de competitie voor deze Grootste der Prijzen.
Nee, helaas is The Saddest Music in the World nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Kazuo Ishiguro | Screenplay |
| Directing | Guy Maddin | Director |
| Writing | George Toles | Writer |
| Writing | Guy Maddin | Writer |
| Directing | Michael Peleshok | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Olafson | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Danielle Dumesnil | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | John Buchan | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Hans | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Larry Weinstein | Associate Producer |
| Production | Daniel Iron | Executive Producer |
| Art | Stephen Arndt | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherina Saites | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Richard O'Brien-Moran | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Mark Gebel | Special Effects |
| Production | Phyllis Laing | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sheena Macdonald | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverly A. Hamilton | Hairstylist |
| Production | Barbara Willis Sweete | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda Kuryk | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Christopher Dedrick | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Matthew Davies | Production Design |
| Production | Jody Shapiro | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Shnuriwsky | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Martin Lee | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Lou Solakofski | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Luc Montpellier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | David McCallum | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Atom Egoyan | Executive Producer |
| Editing | David Wharnsby | Editor |
| Art | Réjean Labrie | Art Direction |
| Production | Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Sound | Russ Dyck | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg McMillan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Doug Morrow | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | David Rose | Sound Designer |
