However, at the registrar's office she finds out that she is allegedly already married to one Baron Hubert von Löwenherz, owner of a castle.
A former employee had stolen Caterine's documents and married the Baron under her assumed identity — before disappearing with the family jewels.
The screenplay was written by Curth Flatow and Eckart Hachfeld, based on the play J'y suis, j'y reste [fr] by Raymond Vincy and Jean Valmy.
[2] Filming took place from 16 October to 11 November 1958 in Bamberg and Schloss Seehof in Franconia, as well as at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.
[1] In the late 1980s Bear Family Records of Germany released a soundtrack album for the film, which was notable for including two of the three Bill Haley recordings which had been made exclusively for the movie (including "Vive la Rock and Roll" which featured the then-unprecedented duet between Haley and Caterina Valente, and "Hot Dog Buddy Buddy").