In this intricately plotted crime comedy, Johannes Heesters plays the worldly insurance detective Peter Holm, who is determined to apprehend jewel thief Robert Makaroff. To this end, Holm travels to Copenhagen, where the Hungarian actress Lilly Hegedüsch is staying at a luxury hotel with her rare jewelry. While Holm is searching for Makaroff, Jenny, the sleuthing daughter of Holm's boss, arrives in Copenhagen. Since Jenny doesn't know her secret admirer Holm, numerous mix-ups and suspicions ensue before the rival detectives become lovers.
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Gusti Huber
Jenny Brink
Johannes Heesters
Peter Holm
Hilde Hildebrand
Lilly Hegedüsch
Paul Kemp
Willy Krag
Oskar Sima
Bischof
Gustav Waldau
Generaldirektor Brink
Alice Treff
Dame im Juweliergeschäft
Wolfgang Kieling
Hotelpage
Edith Meinhard
Falsche Frau Sprüngli
Hermann Pfeiffer
Herr Sprüngli
Arnulf Schröder
Elektriker
Hertha von Hagen
Echte Frau Sprüngli
Hans Unterkircher
Arthur Kinsky, Präsident des philatelistischen Kongresses
Kurt Daehn
Kriminalkommissar in Kopenhagen
Erdmut Dauter
Fotograf auf dem philatelistischen Kongress
