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)
