Returning from his imprisonment in Russia during the First World War, Franz Ferdinand Trotta, a young KuK officer, discovers how much the defeat has transformed Vienna and his people. He is stunned by the new order of things. Having lost his entire fortune and his wife, who is having a sapphic relationship with a Hungarian artist, he tries to regain his place in a world that appears devastated.
| Directing | Johannes Schaaf | Director |
| Crew | Wolfgang Treu | Cinematography |
| Writing | Johannes Schaaf | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maximilian Schell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joseph Roth | Novel |