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
Fanny Hobichler
Curd Jürgens
Albert Korz
Leon Askin
Jason
Marte Harell
Gräfin Tran
Sonja Jeannine
Prinzessin
Erwin Neuwirth
Graf Piestling
Ida Krottendorf
Franziska
Tony Patricio
Kafur
Erich Padalewski
Daniel
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.
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