A aristocratic lieutenant is forced to resign his commission and give up his career in the cavalry after having defended himself against deliberate provocations by a superior officer who is competing with him for the love of the daughter of a respected privy councillor. His family bans him to New York, where he falls on hard times until a former circus performer helps him to become a world-renowned trapeze and aerial artiste.
as Peter von Hersdorff
as Maja
as Heid von Duren
as Colonel von Hersdorff
as Privy Councillor von Duren
as Daisy Brown
as Mrs. von Hersdorff
as Privy Councillor von Duren's wife
as Baron von Bassenheim
as Bordoni
