

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.
Director: Willi Forst

Franz Jauner

Marie Geistinger

Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau

Alexander Girardi

Franz von Suppé

Karl Millöcker

Ferdinand
Johann Strauß

Fürst Hohenburg
Tundler