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.
- Genre: Music, Drama
- Studio: Deutsche Forst-Filmproduktion GmbH, Wien-Film, Tobis Film
- Keyword: opera, musician, sexual tension, vienna, austria, vienna opera, 19th century, mutual attraction, based on real person, stage director, biographical drama
- Cast: Willi Forst, Maria Holst, Dora Komar, Paul Hörbiger, Leo Slezak, Curd Jürgens