

Overview
A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic opera manager end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He's quickly engaged by another theatre and becomes famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting, which begins their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.
Top Cast

Willi Forst
Franz Jauner

Maria Holst
Marie Geistinger

Dora Komar
Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Paul Hörbiger
Alexander Girardi

Leo Slezak
Franz von Suppé

Curd Jürgens
Karl Millöcker

Gustav Waldau
Ferdinand
Edmund Schellhammer
Johann Strauß

Siegfried Breuer
Fürst Hohenburg
Theodor Danegger
Tundler

Trude Marlen
Antonie Link
Viktor Heim
Hans Makart
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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