Leopold Bachmayer, a court judge in Vienna, is a grumpy bachelor. Doing foolish things for the sake of a woman could never happen to him. He is firmly convinced of this. This changes abruptly when, shortly before his vacation, he has to interrogate the seductive Frau von Seewald about a brooch allegedly stolen by a maid.
Kanzleirat Leopold Bachmayer

Fritz Seewald
Marianne Seewald

Waltersheim, Kreisgerichtspräsident

Frau Reisberger, Bachmayers Hauswirtin

Florian, Portier in der Pension „Daheim

Poldl, Schieber

Podersam

Ebeseder
Briefträger

Hofrat Werner
Lilly von Waltersheim
Frau Scherzer