Overview
We meet the young violinist Erik Smith in the lap of his family with his wife Lise and his little daughter Lone. Erik is a young, aspiring musician who dreams of one day making a career as an interpreter of the great masters of music. At a concert where a well-known solo violinist has to interrupt, Erik Smith suddenly jumps in and gets his big breakthrough.
Director and cast
- Mogens Wieth as Erik Smith, violinist
- Lis Smed as Lise Smith
- Johannes Meyer as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
- Charles Wilken as Wallengreen, fhv. kapelmusikus
- Ilselil Larsen as Lone Smith
- Jens Kjeldby as Kaj Petersen, kapelmester
- Blanche Funch as Fru Annie
- Henry Nielsen as Portier på jazzklub
- Jørgen Ingmann as Musiker
- Svend Asmussen as Musiker
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