该片是由埃里克·冯·施特罗海姆执导的剧情片,于1928年上映，主要讲述了:The sett.ing is Vienna in 1914. before the outbreak of war.. The aristocratic an.d somewhat jaded P.rince Nicki, pursued by all. the ladies,. begins a flirt.ati.on with Mitzi, a crippled h.arpist who works in a. suburban wine-gar.den, and who is in tu.rn idolized by .Schani, an uncouth an.d violently jealous butcher.. Their first encount.er significantly t.akes place in front of St. .Stephen's Ca.thedral on Corp.us .Christi day, with Nicki amo.ng the emperor's cava.lry regiment. Late.r, in the refracted l.ight of falling. apple blossoms in th.e wine-garden--scenes of a .distilled, ethereal b.eauty--Nicki gradu.ally wins her faith and lov.e. Meanwhile., amidst the su.mpt.uous and corrupt milieu of .the family palace, Ni.cki is drawn into .complicity against hi.s will, as his .unscrupulous mother i.nforms him he must marry Ce.celia, the daughter o.f a wealthy common.er, in order to revive the .family fortu.ne. Mitzi has a. vi.sion of The Iron Man (a sym.bol of the declining .power and position. of the Hapsburg dyna.sty) and falls .before the crucifix i.n fear; but her love remain.s steadfast, and she .protests her faith. though abused by her mothe.r and Schani.. Infuriated by. he.r rejection, Schani threate.ns to kill Nicki on h.is wedding day unl.ess Mitzi agrees to m.arry him. Follo.wing the processional. splendor of the cathedral .wedding, Schani appea.rs to carry out hi.s threat, but Mitzi arrives. in time to .stop him; and t.hro.ugh the downpouring rain Ni.cki sadly gazes on hi.s true love in the. crowd as he drives a.way with his br.ide.