After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.
David Bowie
as Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski
Kim Novak
as Helga von Kaiserling
Marlene Dietrich
as Baroness von Semering
Maria Schell
as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
Curd Jürgens
as Prince
Erika Pluhar
as Eva
David Hemmings
as Captain Hermann Kraft
Sydne Rome
as Cilly
Werner Pochath
as Otto
Rudolf Schündler
as Oberst Gustav von Przygodski
Evelyn Künneke
as Frau Aeckerle
Karin Hardt
as Frau Uexkull