The film is set during the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. Petruccio lives in Ferrara with his wife, Fiametta. Initially, he works as a scribe at the city court. Under the pseudonym Giovanni Boccaccio, he writes amorous tales that divide opinion within the city. While the women read the texts with delight, the men are outraged by their moral licentiousness.
Willy Fritsch
Heli Finkenzeller
Albrecht Schoenhals
Gina Falckenberg
Paul Kemp
Fita Benkhoff
Albert Florath
Ernst Waldow
Vilma Bekendorf
Tina Eilers
Hans Hermann Schaufuß
Helmut Weiss
Rudolf Biebrach
Horst Birr
Jac Diehl
Anita Düwell
Fred Goebel
Clemens Hasse
Karl Harbacher
Oskar Höcker
Annemarie Korff
Maria Loja
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Heinz Müller
Hellmuth Passarge
Klaus Pohl
Paul Rehkopf
Paul Schwed
Hanns Waschatko
Kurt Felden
Max Hiller
Helga Karwa
Bernhard Kasper
Gerd Klinkhardt
Ada Lübben
Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel
Nelly Ritter
Rosl Seggers
Alice Ullrich
Jörn Valery
Inge Vesten
Egon Vogel
Elly von Kovatsy
Ilse Wendt
Borwin Walth
Hans Joachim zum Sande