At his uncle’s behest, the young Karl-Heinrich, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Karlsburg, is sent to Heidelberg to study for a year. After a joyless youth in the gloomy, stately Karlsburg Castle, the prince embarks on the most carefree period of his life. He falls hopelessly in love with Käthi, the charming daughter of his landlords. But duty calls: the prince is gravely ill, and Karl-Heinrich must return to assume his duties as heir apparent and future ruler.

Genres

Cast

Christian Wolff

Erbprinz Karl-Heinrich

Gert Fröbe

Doktor Jüttner

Sabine Sinjen

Käthi

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Fürst von Sachsen-Karlsburg

Heinrich Gretler

Gastwirt Rüder

Rudolf Vogel

Kammerdiener Lutz

Walter Bluhm

Diener Schölermann

Siegfried Schürenberg

Staatsminister Haugk

Tilo von Berlepsch

Kammerherr von Metzing

Harry Meyen

Graf Detlev von Asterberg

Hannelore Elsner

Helene, Serviermädchen

Gerd Frickhöffer

Kammerherr von Breitenberg