[1] It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Celle and Umgebung.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Erich Kettelhut and Johannes Ott.

It was part of the tradition of Prussian films, which had enjoyed great popularity in the Weimair and Nazi eras.

In Prussia in 1764, a hero of the Seven Years' War falls in love with an actress who had previously been a mistress to another officer.

He wants to marry her, but both his family and his superiors do everything they can to thwart the relationship, considering her low status as inappropriate for him.