Retired Hofrat Geiger discovers by chance that he has an illegitimate daughter. He goes to visit her, but is turned away, even though she is in financial difficulties (her inn is very run-down and has no customers). To obtain Austrian citizenship, she marries the Hofrat—planned only on paper—but he is responsible for processing her naturalization and delays it to ensure she stays close to him. At the same time, behind her back, he ensures that her inn is renovated.

Paul Hörbiger
as Hofrat Franz Geiger

Maria Andergast
as Marianne Mühlhuber

Hans Moser
as Ferdinand Lechner

Joseph Egger
as Der alte Windischgruber

Waltraut Haas
as Mariandl

Hermann Erhardt
as Matthias Pfüller

Eduard Loibner
as

Louis Soldan
as Hans

Carlo Böhm
as

Helli Servi
as