Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved.
Edmond T. Gréville
Director
Lupe Vélez
Mila
Alfred Rode
Captain Eric Danilo
Jerry Verno
Madame Beatrice
Raymond Lovell
Court Chamberlain
Margaret Yarde
Grand Duchess
Fred Duprez
Herbert P. Melon
G. De Joncourt
Doctor Ipstein
Wyn Weaver
Grand Duke
Monti DeLyle
Marco
Louis Darnley
Hotel Manager
Hector Abbas
Biergarten Manager
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