Op een avond in mei . . .

Summary

Romantic film about a young heroic tenor.

Peter Gruber, a young tenor from Vienna, gives piano lessons to Daisy, the daughter of a dentist. They fall in love and when Gruber has to perform in Antwerp, Daisy follows him there. She pretends to be an American musician and manages to get a job with Gruber's orchestra. Daisy's worried father sets off in pursuit of his daughter, accompanied by a certain miss Lola. He is soon smitten with Lola who subsequently manages to sort out the misunderstandings that have been piling up.

The lead role in the film is played by Henk (or Heinz) Speyer, director Jaap Speyer's stepson. His mother was the German actress Mia Pankau. During the 1930s and after the war Henk Speyer was a famous light opera singer, both in the Netherlands and Germany.