Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.
Adolf Wohlbrück
as Balduin, der Student
Dorothea Wieck
as Julia Stella, Opernsängerin
Theodor Loos
as Dr. Carpis
Erich Fiedler
as Baron Waldis
Volker von Collande
as Student Zavrel
Fritz Genschow
as Student Dahl
Edna Greyff
as Lydia
Elsa Wagner
as Jarmila
Miliza Korjus
as Julia (singing voice)
