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 | George Toles | Writer |
| Writing | Kazuo Ishiguro | Screenplay |
| Directing | Guy Maddin | Director |
| Writing | Guy Maddin | Writer |
| Production | John Buchan | Casting |
| Production | Sheena Macdonald | Co-Producer |
| Production | Barbara Willis Sweete | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barry Olafson | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Mark Gebel | Special Effects |
| Production | Daniel Iron | Executive Producer |
| Production | Phyllis Laing | Co-Producer |
| Art | Stephen Arndt | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverly A. Hamilton | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Richard O'Brien-Moran | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Danielle Dumesnil | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Larry Weinstein | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Michael Peleshok | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherina Saites | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Hans | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amanda Kuryk | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Christopher Dedrick | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Sound | Mark Shnuriwsky | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Luc Montpellier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lou Solakofski | Sound Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg McMillan | Costume Design |
| Sound | Martin Lee | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Jody Shapiro | Producer |
| Sound | David McCallum | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Atom Egoyan | Executive Producer |
| Editing | David Wharnsby | Editor |
| Art | Matthew Davies | Production Design |
| Art | Réjean Labrie | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Doug Morrow | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Russ Dyck | Sound Designer |
| Sound | David Rose | Sound Designer |
