The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, Husen, and gives him his stage name Truxa. He is to take the real Truxa's place at a circus show in Wintergarten, Berlin.

La Jana
Tänzerin Yester

Hannes Stelzer
Drahtseilkünstler Husen

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Illusionist Garvin

Rudi Godden
Peters

Mady Rahl
Garvins Assistentin Hilde

Peter Elsholtz
Truxa, Artist

Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Varieté-Direktor
Eva Tinschmann
Hedi Höpfner
Margot Höpfner
Erwin Biegel
Curt Lucas

Under the Yoke
Under the Yoke

Operette
Operette

The Girl and the Oak
The Girl and the Oak

The Concert
The Concert

Carola Lamberti
Carola Lamberti

Little Mother
Little Mother

Nights in Andalusia
Nights in Andalusia

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread

The Condemned Village
The Condemned Village

The Sonnenbrucks
The Sonnenbrucks

Tosca
Tosca