Willi Forst
— Carl Michael Ziehrer
Dora Komar
— Mitzi
Judith Holzmeister
— Klara, seine Tochter
Hans Moser
— Engelbert
Curd Jürgens
— Graf Lechenberg
Anton Edthofer
— Hofrat Munk
Vera Schmid
— Liesl
Hilde Foeda
— Gretl, seine Tochter
Edmund Schellhammer
— Johann Strauß
Leopold Hainisch
— Karl Haslinger
Lizzi Holzschuh
— Mrs. Haslinger
Friedl Haerlin
— Mrs. Strauß
Hansi Stork
— Fürstin Pauline Metternich
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
— Ziehrer sen.
Hedwig Bleibtreu
— Lisi
Fred Liewehr
— John Cross
Alfred Neugebauer
— Exposition director
André Mattoni
— His secretary
Fritz Imhoff
— Paradeiser
Max Gülstorff
— Theatre director
Hilde Konetzni
— Singer of 'Die schönsten Mädeln leben in Wien'
Orchestre philharmonique de Vienne
— Orchester
Peter Norman
— Singer (uncredited)