Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.
Directed by James Tinling
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Cast
Pat Paterson
Valerie
Nils Asther
Franz Schubert
Herbert Mundin
Caesar
Harry Green
Adam
Henry B. Walthall
Duke Johann von Hatzfeld
Lucien Littlefield
Willie Obenbiegler
Henry Kolker
Emperor Francis I
Albert Conti
Nicholas
Herman Bing
Istvan
Roger Imhof
Innkeeper
James Burke
Emperor Francis I
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Obenbiegler
Earle Foxe
Sergeant
Georgia Caine
Countess Bertaud
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