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.
Directed by Erich von Stroheim
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Cast
Erich von Stroheim
Nicki / Prince Nickolas
Fay Wray
Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell
George Fawcett
le prince Ottokar
Maude George
la princesse Maria
Cesare Gravina
Martin Schrammell
Dale Fuller
Katerina Schrammel
Matthew Betz
Schani Eberle
Zasu Pitts
Cecelia Schweisser
George Nichols
The Industrialist
Hughie Mack
Johann Eberle - the Wine-grower
Sidney Bracey
Navratil
Anton Vaverka
Emperor Franz-Josef
Albert Conti
Imperial Guard
Claire Delmar
Noble Lady at Corpus Christi Mass
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