Top Cast
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Willi Forst
Carl Michael Ziehrer
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Dora Komar
Mitzi
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Judith Holzmeister
Klara, seine Tochter
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Hans Moser
Engelbert
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Curd Jürgens
Graf Lechenberg
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Anton Edthofer
Hofrat Munk
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Vera Schmid
Liesl
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Hilde Foeda
Gretl, seine Tochter
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Edmund Schellhammer
Johann Strauß
Overview
Begun in 1944/45, finished and released in 1949, this is a biography of the composer Carl Michael Ziehrer, who overcomes hypersensitivity in competitive situations which leads initially to failures in both career and romance.
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