The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, Husen, and gives him his stage name Truxa. He is to take the real Truxa's place at a circus show in Wintergarten, Berlin.

La Jana
as Tänzerin Yester

Hannes Stelzer
as Drahtseilkünstler Husen

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as Illusionist Garvin

Rudi Godden
as Peters

Mady Rahl
as Garvins Assistentin Hilde

Peter Elsholtz
as Truxa, Artist

Rudolf Klein-Rogge
as Varieté-Direktor

Eva Tinschmann
as

Hedi Höpfner
as

Margot Höpfner
as