Released from prison after 20 years, Canio finds his daughter adopted by a wealthy family and about to marry. When he meets Leoncavallo, the composer is moved to create one of history's greatest operas.
Vienna shortly after World War II. A music professor, in whose house a young widow with three children is quartered by the housing office, changes under the influence of the charming lady.
A nostalgic story about life in and around a classic Vienna coffee house. The film is set in Imperial Vienna at the beginning of the twentieth century.