Overview

Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.

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Cast

Pat Paterson

Valerie

Nils Asther

Franz Schubert

Herbert Mundin

Caesar

Harry Green

Adam

Henry B. Walthall

Duke Johann von Hatzfeld

Lucien Littlefield

Willie Obenbiegler

Henry Kolker

Emperor Francis I

Albert Conti

Nicholas

Herman Bing

Istvan

Roger Imhof

Innkeeper

James Burke

Emperor Francis I

Josephine Whittell

Mrs. Obenbiegler