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Back in the fifties,the Austrian movie going audiences loved films that focused on their history,focusing on the Austrian - hungry past.this was also their favorite subject back in the thirties.It was convenient for film makers to use the government buildings and the Royal place museum as the exterior.Using the blvd for the Kaiser parade.This is a musical about the Austrian military and their individual shenanigans.It stars Rudolph Prack,but, instead of Sonja Zieman,Winni Marcus is the leading lady playing the countess.Her Father, played by Harry Hardt ,who portrays the commander ,has her engaged to Eric Frey,but,she is in love with Rudolph.Walter Muller portrays one of the soldier who is great with the ladies.One day when he's doing a maneuver,he rescues a runaway carriage.It turns out that Winnie's lady in waiting ,portrayed By Hannahlore Bollman is in the carriage,but, the new paper states it was the countess .This put pressure on Winnie to use her lady in waiting to portray her.all through the film Walter is duped.The plot is that Rudolph has written a book ,in secret, criticizing the Austrian military.He keeps it a secret in hope of convincing Winnie's father to allow him to marry her in this film you got other Austrian stalwart actors ,like,Josef Mienrad,who showed up in some of Romy Schneider films,like Die Halzerte.Gunther Phillips ,who goes after Susan Nicolete.When Winnie Reject Frey for Rudolph,at the ball, Erik tells Winni's father about Rudolph book.Rudolph then challenges Eric to a duel.Winne begs Erik to spare Rudolph life and promise that she would marry Erik.Rudolph finds out after and thinks that Winnie does not love him,so he rejects her.Later on Walter still thinks that Hanna is the real countess,he get mad when he finds out that she 's engaged.She tries to tell him the truth,but, he runs mad.Rudolph breaks up the wedding and he get in troubles.As he's about to be kicked out Hans Moser goes to the Kaiser and tries to clear it out. Now as i said earlier,Austrian audience enjoyed film that took place under Emperor Franz Joseph period,there were a lot of them,worth watching 08/7/14