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.

Willi Forstas Franz Jauner
Maria Holstas Marie Geistinger
Dora Komaras Emmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau
Paul Hörbigeras Alexander Girardi
Leo Slezakas Franz von Suppé
Curd Jürgensas Karl Millöcker
Gustav Waldauas Ferdinand
Siegfried Breueras Fürst Hohenburg