Berlin 1849: The democrat Adolf Glasbrenner, known as Brennglas, publishes the political satire magazine "Phosphor" on a shoestring budget. He plans to marry his lover, the actress Adele Peroni. But the plan comes to a standstill when Adele is to make a guest appearance at the reactionary Royal Prussian Playhouse. A democratic journalist marrying a court actress? Impossible! Together with his friend Pulecke, Brennglas tries to disrupt Adele's performance with a bachelor party...

• DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
• Rolf Moebius
• Hella Ferstl
• Willy A. Kleinau
• Karl Weber
• Eva Brumby
• Willi Endresser
• Johannes Maus
• Paul Heidemann