A married acting couple, based in Vienna, struggle to keep their personal and professional relationship intact. Despite their on-stage chemistry, they constantly argue, with the actor believing his wife is no longer in love with him and is seeking attention from other men. He becomes suspicious when she receives bouquets of roses and is seen with a Russian guardsman. Unbeknownst to his wife, the actor is actually the guardsman, a Russian prince, who is testing her loyalty and trying to seduce her. He concocts a plan to pretend to be away on another acting engagement, hoping to win her over as the guardsman. However, his wife may have other plans in store.
The Guardsman
A cunning stage actor dons a Russian guardsman's uniform to gauge his actress wife's devotion.
