Else Riedel (Lissy Arna), locked out by her authoritarian father, seeks refuge with her boyfriend Hans. Complications threaten when Hans's roommate Max falls in love with her, but the situation is resolved: the three remain friends, and decide to form a music hall act. They want to ascend, but how? A way out beckons when a theatrical agent named Nevin enters Else’s life. He is played by Hubert von Meyerinck as a slick and oily villain, who oozes refinement; his experience behind bars is waved away with a silk scarf. He is cunning to the point of perfidiousness, but is not completely unsympathetic. He also embodies a new type - the scrounger.
Lissy Arna
as Else Riedel
Gerhard Dammann
as Vater
Mathias Wieman
as Hans Grothe
Paul Heidemann
as Max Thiele
Hubert von Meyerinck
as Nevin
Carla Bartheel
as Zora
Max Maximilian
as Louis
Käthe Haack
as Die Frau
Karl Hannemann
as Tanzmeister
Hilde Schewior
as Frieda
Sybill Morel
as Die Alte
Georg Paeschke
as Der 'Anreißer'
