Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Willi ForstDirector
- Willi ForstWriter
- Axel EggebrechtWriter
Cast
- Willi ForstFranz Jauner
- Maria HolstMarie Geistinger
- Dora KomarEmmi Krall, Jauners Ehefrau
- Paul HörbigerAlexander Girardi
- Leo SlezakFranz von Suppé
- Curd JürgensKarl Millöcker
- Gustav WaldauFerdinand
- Edmund SchellhammerJohann Strauß
- Siegfried BreuerFürst Hohenburg
- Theodor DaneggerTundler
- Trude MarlenAntonie Link
- Viktor HeimHans Makart
Stills
Themes
operamusiciansexual tensionvienna, austriavienna opera19th centurymutual attractionbased on real personstage directorbiographical drama