Cast
- Bernhard Wicki as Johann Strauss Sohn
- Hilde Krahl as Henriette Treffz
- Annemarie Düringer as Adele
- Hans Putz as Alexander Girardi
- Ulrich Bettac as Direktor Steiner
- Leonard Steckel as Baron Carlo Todesco
- Hermann Thimig as Haslinger, Verleger
- Gert Fröbe as Gawrinoff
- Claus Biederstaedt as Gregor
- Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel as Mutter Strauß