Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was a close friend of her late father. Kortz, however, dreams of retiring as he is tired of his fame and having to deal with the short-tempered theatre director Jason. Together, they try to outwit Jason.
Dagmar Koller
as Fanny Hobichler
Curd Jürgens
as Albert Korz
Leon Askin
as Jason
Marte Harell
as Gräfin Tran
Sonja Jeannine
as Prinzessin
Erwin Neuwirth
as Graf Piestling
Ida Krottendorf
as Franziska
Tony Patricio
as Kafur
Erich Padalewski
as Daniel
Alfred Böhm
as Hemisch
Tilla Hohenfels
as Serena
Hans Kraemmer
as Gotthelf
