Carolyn de Sayn was married at the age of sixteen, against her will, to Prince Wittgeinstein, who was much older than her. A few years later, she met Frantz Liszt, whose fame had already conquered all of Europe. Taking advantage of her husband's absence, the young woman invited the musician to her estate in Woronince. When Frantz confessed his love for her, she gave up fighting her own feelings any longer..
The follow-up to the dreaded "il est minuit docteur Schweizer" ,in André Haguet's lousy filmography , it also features historical characters ,for the principal is Liszt and it also features Wagner and fleetingly Francis -Joseph and wife Elizabeth (Sissi); oddly,in spite of the title ("by order of the czar" ) ,the monarch does not appear at all and his orders are nowhere to be heard except in the last third .Co-production with West Germany ,thus the budget was able to afford color , this is a mess , with a cock and bull story, and with one exception (Michel Simon as the libidinous hubby ) a mediocre cast .Colette Marchand is a silly goose and Jacques François totally bland ;thus absolutely no chemistry between them; also filmed in Germany as "Ungarishe Rhapsodie ";this work is performed live in a village with people dancing ;appearance of Richard Wagner is thoroughly ill-placed .Much money for nothing at all.
