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.

• Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH
• Wien-Film
• Willi Forst
• Maria Holst
• Dora Komar
• Paul Hörbiger
• Leo Slezak
• Curd Jürgens
• Gustav Waldau
• Edmund Schellhammer