Viktoria is a Hungarian countess who believes her Hussar captain husband was killed in World War I. She marries an American and resettles at the American consulate in Tokyo. Her first husband reappears, alive; and the American generously releases Viktoria from their union.
Richard Oswald
Director
Michael Bohnen
John Cunlight
Friedel Schuster
Viktoria
Iván Petrovich
Stefan Koltay, Husaren-Rittmeister
Willy Stettner
Graf Ferry
Else Elster
O Lia San
Gretl Theimer
Riquette, Kammerzofe
Ernö Verebes
Janczi
Julius Falkenstein
1. Kosak
Gyula Szöreghy
2. Kosak
Charles Willy Kayser
Taylor
Eugen Neufeld
General
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