
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.
Carl Michael Ziehrer

Mitzi

Klara, seine Tochter

Engelbert

Graf Lechenberg

Hofrat Munk

Liesl
Gretl, seine Tochter
Johann Strauß
Karl Haslinger

Mrs. Haslinger

Mrs. Strauß

Fürstin Pauline Metternich
Ziehrer sen.
Lisi

John Cross

Exposition director

His secretary

Paradeiser

Theatre director

Singer of 'Die schönsten Mädeln leben in Wien'
Orchester
Singer (uncredited)