Die Bergkatze

Summary

The Wild Cat

Lieutenant Alexis has been relocated to a fortress in the mountains where he falls in love with Rischka ("the Wild Cat"), the wild daughter of Claudius, the leader of the bandits. To distract his daughter from Alexis, Claudius marries her to his fellow bandit Pepo. But when Rischka learns that her beloved Lieutenant is about to marry Lilli, the commandant′s daughter, she speeds to the fortress. However, affected by Lilli′s true love for Alexis, Rischka sees to it that Alexis and Lilli become a happy couple before returning to her bandit husband.