Vienna, Austria, late 1870s. After suffering an irreparable misfortune, the Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-99), the Waltz King, falls in love with a ballet dancer, which disappoints the famous operetta singer Marie Geistinger…

Alfred Jerger
as Johann Strauss

Lizzi Holzschuh
as Lily Dietrich

Maria Paudler
as Maria Geistinger

Leo Slezak
as Publisher Haslinger

Sylvia de Bettini
as

Hans Homma
as The Theater Director

Kurt Lessen
as Genee - The Librettist

Eduard Wesener
as Ferrandt

Iris Arlan
as Fini

Rudolf Carl
as Stephan - The Butler