Austrian count von Warthenberg is a grumpy stud-farm-recluse since his wife's death. Ths summer, his old lover Susanne Weiden arrives, hoping for a 'fat' marriage and inheritance. But his daughter Hanna made other plan with secret lover Michael, teacher of Vienna's world-famous Wiener Sängerknaben, who will spend their Alpine countryside holiday in the village. Among them is adolescent Michael 'Mikel', son of the count's estranged elder daughter Maria. The plan is to make grandpa and knave meet and bond before their blood-ties are revealed. A stray dog accidentally and equestrian genes help.
Acting
Willy Birgel's magnificent grumpiness carries the whole thing.
Production
Glorious Austrian Alps practically a character themselves.
Director
Eduard von Borsody
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys' Choir) have toured since 1498, making their film cameo historically significant. This was rare mainstream exposure for the institution.
Director Eduard von Borsody came from actual Austrian nobility—his aristocratic eye for manor-house detail is absolutely inherited, not researched.
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