94 minutes
8/11/1954
Sonja, a little ballerina at the Grand Theater, is secretly in love with the handsome tenor Luis Mariano. One night, she hurts her feet while dancing and under the influence of a sedative falls asleep and starts dreaming. She is Sonja Ilyanova now, a young gypsy dancer who dreams of performing before Alexei, the son of the Czar.

Luis Mariano
as Luis Mariano / Aljoscha

Sonja Ziemann
as Sonja / Sonja Ilyanova

Iván Petrovich
as Großherzog Feodor

Hans Richter
as Boris

Paul Henckels
as Pawlitsch

Ernst Waldow
as Pjotroff
Irina Garden
as Prinzessin Olga von Meinigen-Deinigen
Hanne-Lore Morell
as Katja / Katja

Maria Sebaldt
as Mascha

Axel Monjé

Gerd Frickhöffer
as Wassili
Edelweiß Malchin