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.
Cast
- Erich von Stroheim as Nicki / Prince Nickolas
- Fay Wray as Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell
- George Fawcett as le prince Ottokar
- Maude George as la princesse Maria
- Cesare Gravina as Martin Schrammell
- Dale Fuller as Katerina Schrammel
- Matthew Betz as Schani Eberle
- Zasu Pitts as Cecelia Schweisser
- George Nichols as The Industrialist
- Hughie Mack as Johann Eberle - the Wine-grower