It was filmed in Austria, with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Karl Böhm and the Vienna State Opera Chorus led by Norbert Balatsch, as well as Gundula Janowitz and Eberhard Waechter as the Eisenstein couple, Renate Holm as chambermaid Adele, Erich Kunz as prison warden Frank and Wolfgang Windgassen as Prince Orlofsky in the leading roles.
[1] Dr. Eisenstein is to serve an eight-day arrest sentence for insulting an official, but is persuaded by his friend Falke to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball as Marquis Renard instead.
At the same time, Alfred, the former lover of his wife Rosalinde, appears unannounced and, so as not to compromise the latter, is arrested by prison warden Frank instead of Eisenstein.
Blind, interrogates his wife Rosalinde and Alfred about their alleged infidelity, but then has to admit his own adventure of the previous evening and is jeered at by everyone present.
"Otto Schenk's sparkling production of Fledermaus culminates in the second act in a rushing hustle and bustle, a huge party, an orgy of drunk and otherwise unstable characters, led by the out-of-control Eberhard Waechter, the seductive Renate Holm, and Gundula Janowitz presenting a splendid Csárdás.