Overview

Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki is attracted to peasant Mitzi, although he knows it cannot last. Acquiescing to familial pressure, he ultimately gives her up to marry the more socially acceptable – albeit crippled – heiress Cecelia. Mitzi, for her part, is heartbroken and must resign herself to marrying churlish butcher Schani Eberle.

Genres

Cast

Erich von Stroheim

Nicki / Prince Nickolas

Fay Wray

Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell

George Fawcett

le prince Ottokar

Maude George

la princesse Maria

Cesare Gravina

Martin Schrammell

Dale Fuller

Katerina Schrammel

Matthew Betz

Schani Eberle

Zasu Pitts

Cecelia Schweisser

George Nichols

The Industrialist

Hughie Mack

Johann Eberle - the Wine-grower

Sidney Bracey

Navratil

Albert Conti

Imperial Guard