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.
Cast
Willi Forst
Carl Michael Ziehrer
Dora Komar
Mitzi
Judith Holzmeister
Klara, seine Tochter
Hans Moser
Engelbert
Curd Jürgens
Graf Lechenberg
Anton Edthofer
Hofrat Munk
Vera Schmid
Liesl
Hilde Foeda
Gretl, seine Tochter
Edmund Schellhammer
Johann Strauß
Leopold Hainisch
Karl Haslinger
Lizzi Holzschuh
Mrs. Haslinger
Friedl Haerlin
Mrs. Strauß
Hansi Stork
Fürstin Pauline Metternich
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
Ziehrer sen.
Hedwig Bleibtreu
Lisi
Fred Liewehr
John Cross
Alfred Neugebauer
Exposition director
André Mattoni
His secretary
Fritz Imhoff
Paradeiser
Max Gülstorff
Theatre director
Hilde Konetzni
Singer of 'Die schönsten Mädeln leben in Wien'
Vienna Philharmonic
Orchester
Peter Norman
Singer (uncredited)
Crew
Willi Forst
Director, Writer, Producer
Franz Gribitz
Writer
Hermann Leitner
Editor
Josefine Ramerstorfer
Editor
Hans Wolff
Editor
Jan Stallich
Director of Photography
Hannes Staudinger
Director of Photography
Hans Schneeberger
Director of Photography
Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Original Music Composer
Karl Pauspertl
Original Music Composer
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