An emancipated Princess, who has just returned home to her court in the Balkans from England, goes in disguise to a servants’ bal and falls in love with an alleged caterer, who turns out next day to be a lieutenant of the guard. Without letting on to her masquerade, she makes sure he climbs the ranks quickly. At the same time, she tries to thwart her engagement to an unpopular prince.

Prinzessin Marie-Christine

Staatsminister Graf Herlitz

Leutnant Karl von Conradi

Hofdetektiv Pipac

Fürst von Leuchtenstein

Rittmeister

Major

König

Bursche bei Conradi

Stimmungssänger