Begun in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the 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)
