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