In Vienna, during the 1848 Revolution, opera singer Antonia Corvelli marries Detlev von Blossin, a rich landowner. But, as she refuses to give up her career, her infuriated husband returns to Pomerania without her. After falling into the clutches of the cruel and wicked count Stefan Oginski, whose lover she unfortunately becomes, Antonia has no other choice but to pass for dead in order to escape him. She then returns to Italy where she joins small theater companies under various aliases. Until one day she is overtaken by her fate...
Acting
Zarah Leander's face does three acts of tragedy without dialogue.
Costume
Corsets so tight they explain every decision she makes.
Production
UFA's glossy 1941 escapism dressed as revolutionary period piece.
Director
Rolf Hansen
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