

132 minutes
11/21/1968
This story of the miller Florian, who gave all his money to the war against Napoleon, is loosely based on a true story. After the war, Florian's reimbursement is challenged, and he must also pay taxes on his destroyed mill. He resists the tax collectors and takes off to Vienna, where he intends to defend his rights. On the way, he rescues the Duchess of Guastalla from assault. She also wants to go to Vienna, as His Majesty Franz II is trying to contest an heir in her favor. With cunning, luck, and dagger, Florian fights his way through a slew of nobility and their secret police.

Manfred Krug
as Hauptmann Florian

Regina Beyer
as Duchessa von Guastalla

Rolf Herricht
as Amadeus

Gisela Bestehorn
as Freifrau von Colloredo

Jutta Klöppel
as Fanny Schauendorf

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
as Nepomuk

Rolf Hoppe
as Polizeidirektor

Doris Abeßer
as Nanderl

Werner Lierck
as Adjutant
Wolf Sabo
as Fürstenkanzler

Herbert Köfer
as Medicus

Carmen-Maja Antoni
as Gehilfin des Medicus
Peter Biele
Eberhard Cohrs
as Dorfgendarm
Lilo Grahn
as Resi
Wolfgang Jaster
Maximilian Larsen
as Zuckerbäcker
Heinz Liefers

Karl Heinz Oppel
Roger Zerath

Gerhard Rachold
Horst Ruprecht
Fritz Marquardt

Gerd Staiger
Otto Stübler

Nico Turoff
as Schmied

Michael Gerber
Horst Papke

Hans Fiebrandt

Günter Schubert
Heinz-Uwe Haus
Eva Schäfer

Heide Kipp
Hugo Kalthoff
Genia Lapuhs
Berthold Schulze

Arnim Mühlstädt
Horst Schäfer
Werner Pfeifer
Alexander Leuschen

Hartmut Beer
Harry Merkel

Jan Spitzer
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Heinz Laggies
Jürgen Klauß