Prince Klemens von Metternich orders Friedrich Gentz, one of his aides, to keep the Duke of Reichstadt---Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles---son of Napoleon and heir to the French throne, from thinking about French politics. Gentz enlists the help of ballerina Fanny Elsser, all the rage in several European capitals, to keep the Duke distracted.

Fanny Elssler (1937)
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Lilian Harvey
Fanny Elßler

Willy Birgel
Hofrat Friedrich Gentz

Rolf Moebius
Duke of Reichstadt

Paul Hoffmann
Metternich

Liselotte Schaak
Therese Elssler - Fannys Schwester

Ernst Karchow
Dietrichstein

Walter Werner
The Maestro Foresti

Ernst Sattler
Kammerdiener Lindner

Hubert von Meyerinck
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