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A jealous wife seeks divorce after her husband and a young actress are accidentally locked together overnight on a train. After complications in court, husband and wife reunite, while the judge finds romance with the actress.
After his brother Bruno dies in battle, Wendelin von Grübben retreats into the forest with his infant son Simplicius. Simplicius is later separated from him and taken into a military camp, where he befriends Tilly. Arnim, Wendelin’s older son, loves Hildegarde, whose father intends to arrange her marriage to a supposed Grübben heir. When documents and a dispatch reveal Simplicius’s identity as the true heir, his father’s old will is invalidated. Simplicius and Tilly, and Arnim and Hildegarde, find happiness together after Wendelin is reunited with his son.
Set during the Congress of Vienna, the operetta reuses music by Johann Strauss II and includes music by his brother Josef Strauss. Adolf Müller Jr. compiled the score, and Victor Léon and Leo Stein wrote the libretto.
A jealous wife seeks divorce after her husband and a young actress are accidentally locked together overnight on a train. After complications in court, husband and wife reunite, while the judge finds romance with the actress.
After his brother Bruno dies in battle, Wendelin von Grübben retreats into the forest with his infant son Simplicius. Simplicius is later separated from him and taken into a military camp, where he befriends Tilly. Arnim, Wendelin’s older son, loves Hildegarde, whose father intends to arrange her marriage to a supposed Grübben heir. When documents and a dispatch reveal Simplicius’s identity as the true heir, his father’s old will is invalidated. Simplicius and Tilly, and Arnim and Hildegarde, find happiness together after Wendelin is reunited with his son.
Set during the Congress of Vienna, the operetta reuses music by Johann Strauss II and includes music by his brother Josef Strauss. Adolf Müller Jr. compiled the score, and Victor Léon and Leo Stein wrote the libretto.