Vienna, sometime around 1680: Augustin makes fun of Leopold I mistress and in doing so, stirs up the passions of the people against the luxury-enjoying rulers, who neglect their people. He is arrested and sent to prison. When the plague breaks out, he manages to get out of prison, but accidentally ends up in a mass grave for victims of the plague
Paul Hörbiger
as Der liebe Augustin - ein Bänkelsänger
Rudolf Prack
as Podl Schauerhuber, Musikant
Franz Böheim
as Wastl, Musikant
Maria Andergast
as Mariandl, seine Nichte
Hilde Weissner
as Marquise de Valais
Richard Romanowsky
as Thomas Wolfsgruber
Anton Pointner
as Graf Sinzendorf, Oberhofmeister
Auguste Pünkösdy
as Die Kaiserin
Lina Frank
as
Franz Böheim
as Wastl, Musikan
Erich Nikowitz
as Martl, Musikant
Karl Ehmann
as
