The famous Swedish Karoliner army has suffered its biggest defeat ever at Poltava in 1709. The Swedish king Karl XII is waiting in the small village of Bender for the Turkish sulton to help him defeat his arch enemy, the czar of Russia, Peter the Great. But the Turks think he's an expensive guest and want him out of Turkey. However, he refuses. The sultan then decides to send Karl XII a princess to marry him, to get him out of the country (a bride for a bribe). The two Swedish soldiers Lagercrona and Kruus are to escort the princess. They experience many different adventures on their way to Bender, namely because other Swedish soldiers and agents try to stop them from ever reaching the village, because they don't want Karl XII to leave Turkey. After their long adventure to get there and a few misunderstandings, the famous "kalabalik" of Bender, where the Turks decide to drive Karl XII out of Turkey by force, begins.
Gösta Ekman
as Karl XII
Lasse Åberg
as Fänrik Lagercrona
Brasse Brännström
as Kruus
Ayşe Emel Mesçi
as Sirene
Sten Ljunggren
as Överste Grothusen
Lars Amble
as Pastor Agrell
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
as Taffeltäckare Hultman
Sture Hovstadius
as General Lagercrona
Nils Ahlroth
as Doktor Skragge
Donald Arthur
as Ambassadör Poniatowski
Walter Gotell
as Storvesiren
Rozita Auer
as Belly dancer
