
Begun in Austria in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the minor Austrian composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance.

as Carl Michael Ziehrer

as Mitzi

as Klara, seine Tochter

as Engelbert

as Graf Lechenberg

as Hofrat Munk

as Liesl

as Gretl, seine Tochter

as Johann Strauß

as Karl Haslinger

as Mrs. Haslinger

as Mrs. Strauß

as Fürstin Pauline Metternich

as Ziehrer sen.

as Lisi

as John Cross

as Exposition director

as His secretary

as Paradeiser

as Theatre director

as Singer of 'Die schönsten Mädeln leben in Wien'

as Orchester

as Singer (uncredited)