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The se_tting_*?) is Vienn#a in 1914 befo*re t :*he outbreak)_ of war. The ar@`isto :(_c/ ratic and somewha [t jaded@ Prince N:#(:icki, @;pursued by al-l the ladi/ es, #;#b: egins a ] fl%@irt-%@ation with Mitzi, a crippled harp#ist ] +[who works? in a suburban w ine-gar#:den, and _who is in turn]) idolized by Scha ni, a^(##n uncouth an`/ d v^iolentl y jeal_ous !butch*er. Th /eir first_ encounter ^+significa$ntly t` a / kes place /:in front \;o.%f St. Stephen's!@+ C .athedra(_l on C$ orpus` [ Chris^ !ti ` day, ;)with Nicki ` *]among the e] mp`eror's ca) valry= re[!g imen^[t.]= La/+ ter,], in [=:t! he \* refracted l+-ight-$; of fal!ling ap.ple blossom)s %^in the( wine-gar `den--scenes of a dist^?i[lled, ethereal beauty--Nicki gradually wins h er fai[.th and lo !v)/e. Me\anw] ,hi#le , amidst t^$he su]mptuo .\us and corru*pt mil]. ieu of ^ )?the fa)% mily pa! lace, Nicki is drawn *)into ,?[$\comp/li)_][c . ity agains$=t his will, as his u`nscrupulou\s m!^ other inf:%or]=]ms(? hi m he mus+\t marry Cecelia, the d)\;aughter of a wealthy co$ mmoner@ @, in order to reviv,e the;] f$amily fortune. Mitzi has a vision of ( The Iron .= Man (a ?symb,;ol of + th e![ #.declining;^) power and positi# on of t`,he Hapsburg dyn.,%=ast*%y) and falls (;be-)f #o re the %* crucifix in fear; but h er l$ ov_e rem\#]a-ins st)eadfa st, a - nd s),/h=e protests her faith though abused by her moth $er an d Sc#hani.,, In;`(furiated by her, rejec*tion, Sc*/ha`%%ni =^thr eatens to ki;l l Nicki on his _!]wedding d ay ? unle[.ss M@%,itzi ;,agrees to mar ?)r%(y h#im. Follow ing t^]]he( [\ processional sp^ lendor of the cat/ hedral ]_ weddi#ng, Schani ? appears to carry\!] o ?@u:t his threa[t, but M itzi arrives;` in time to stop hi$(m*; a-nd through the do!_[wnpo$)*,urin :+g, ra)in N=icki sadl/ ?]y $ gazes on his-@ tr*!\@ue [_=lo$((]ve in th e cro wd a):?s he driv.es : away with his + bride.