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.
as Franz Jauner
as Marie Geistinger
as Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau
as Alexander Girardi
as Franz von Suppé
as Karl Millöcker
as Ferdinand
as Johann Strauß
as Fürst Hohenburg
as Tundler
as Antonie Link
as Hans Makart
as Graf Esterhazy
as Prof. Dr. Eichgraber
as Dr. Molzer - Rechtsanwalt
as Frau Bramezberger
as Theaterdirektor in Krems
as Tenor Czika
as Hans Makart
