95 minutes
9/2/1935
A moving actor at the rococo era shows the power-hungry-crude minister of a small state prince in the barriers, while he makes use of his resemblance to the sovereign and slips in his role. - Double role for Rudolf Forster who plays his figures very much chilly.
Rudolf Forster
as Herzog Friedrich Theodor / Florian Reiter
Christl Mardayn
as Comtesse Beate
Paul Wegener
as Staatsminister von Creven
Hans Moser
as Melchior Pfennig
Grit Haid
as Minna
Hilde von Stolz
as Gräfin Karola von Roedenau
Gretl Bernd
as Baronin Denise
Lisl Kinast
as Martha, eine Schauspielerin
Wilhelm König
as Peter Tamm, ein Schauspieler
Franz Schafheitlin
as Der Mahler Blanchet
Alfred Neugebauer
as Zeremonienmeister
Rudolf Carl
as Astrolog
Josef Bergauer
Babette Devrient
Paul Henreid
as Velthen
Karl Paryla
Ernst Pröckl