Plots: Jauner is hired as stage director, but clashes with Maria, the opera manager, end in his dismissal in spite of a mutual attraction. He is engaged by another theatre and rises to fame with his lavish stage productions of Suppé and Strauss.

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A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with Maria, the aristocratic opera manager, end in abrupt firing in spite of a mutual attraction. He is quickly engaged by another theatre and will become famous for his lavish stage productions and fine acting of operettas, which start their golden age with Suppé and Strauss.