Theater director Falke, dressed as a bat, ends up in prison after a merry carnival night. Director Frank only releases him after some time. Falke decides to take revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, to whom he owes the whole affair. The annual masked ball at Prince Orlofsky's provides the opportunity. Falke stages a game of mistaken identity in which Eisenstein does not recognize his own wife and courts her, while maid Adele appears as the countess. Eisenstein is duped, Falke has taken his revenge.

Marte Harell
Rosalinde Eisenstein

Johannes Heesters
Herbert Eisenstein

Will Dohm
Theaterdirektor Michael Falke

Dorit Kreysler
Adele

Willy Fritsch
Gefängnisdirektor Frank

Hans Brausewetter
Tenor Alfred Melzer

Joseph Egger
Frosch

Siegfried Breuer
Prinz Orlowsky

Heinz Salfner
Inspektor

Franz Böheim
Office writer I.T. prison
Hermine Ziegler
Mimi Stelzer
Cook at Eisensteins

The Murderers Are Among Us
The Murderers Are Among Us

City Lights
City Lights

This Wine of Love
This Wine of Love

Tosca
Tosca

Captain Blood
Captain Blood

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood

Träumerei
Träumerei

Der weiße Traum
Der weiße Traum

The Butterfly Lovers
The Butterfly Lovers

Damals
Damals

Try and Win
Try and Win

The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad