
Overview
The young Anselmus Aselmeyer fulfilled a long cherished dream: He travels to Venice, the city of his dreams. Once there, the porter Pipistrello directs him immediately to the hotel of his boss, and Anselmus lands in the middle of a wedding party. Mestre Mangiabene, a wealthy oilman, marries the beautiful but completely depleted Marchesina dei Bisognosi. But the secretly loves an officer.
Top Cast

Maria Carmi
Marchesina dei Bisognosi

Joseph Klein
Mestre Mangiabene

Alfred Abel
Anselmus Aselmeyer
Ernst Matray
Pipistrello
Georg Hötzel
Hausknecht
Theodor Rocholl
Offizier
Victor Arnold
Else Eckersberg

Ernst Lubitsch
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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