In the foyer of a Viennese concert hall, Lieutenant Gustav Wilfert is called a "stupid boy" by master baker Habetswallner because of his clumsy arrogance and is grabbed by the pommel of his sabre without putting up a fight. A major witnessed the incident and, according to the army's code of honor, the lieutenant had lost his honor and should have shot himself. However, as the master baker died overnight, Gustl's testimony is pitted against that of the major in the court of honor. One of the main witnesses is Gustl's fiancée, Anna, who openly denounces the folly and obsolescence of chauvinistic notions of heroism. Finally, the meme-like Gustl awaits the verdict in her room...
Directed by John Olden
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Ewald Balser
Oberst Brunnthaler
Peter Weck
Leutnant Gustav "Gustl" Wilfert
Carlo Böhm
Ordonnanz Ebner
Kurt Meisel
Major Aloys Mokry
Ernst Stankovski
Oberleutnant Doschensky
Egon von Jordan
Oberstleutnant Zindler
Franz Messner
Leutnant Kopetzky
Christiane Hörbiger
Anna Riedl
Hans Moser
Johann Habetswallner
Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen
Frau Beierl
Alfred Reiterer
Alfred Doschenstzky
Fritz Schmiedel
Major Nehuda
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