We are in a small Heurigen-Café in Vienna. The young singer Fritz Hertzgruber meets a young Danish writer, Jesper Ellekilde, and the two young people become friends immediately. Fritz has been to Denmark as a "Viennese child" and is now an enthusiastic member of the Viennese children's own club. The following evening, the club's annual draw for a trip to Denmark takes place, and Fritz is the lucky one - albeit by detours. Fritz and Jesper are accompanied to Denmark, where Fritz is very much looking forward to the reunion with his foster parents, the composer Emilius Andersen and his wife. They were the sweetest people to their Viennese child, and their home stands in Fritz's memory as the epitome of idyll and harmony.
Arne Weel
Director
Max Hansen
Fritz Hertzgruber
Jens Asby
Jesper Ellekilde
Richard Christensen
Emilius Andersen, fuldmægtig
Helga Frier
Frida, Emilius' kone
Lise Thomsen
Grethe, Emilius' datter
Jørgen Deichmann
Henrik, Emilius' søn
Gull-Maj Norin
Else, Sibonis datter
Svend Bille
Thorkild Sandborg, grosserer
Torsten Winge
Professor Lundquist
Hans Egede Budtz
Siboni, musikforlægger
Arne Westermann
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