Ethan och hans team står inför sitt svåraste uppdrag hittills: att utrota Syndikatet, en internationell kriminell och mycket rutinerad organisation vars mål är att förgöra IMF (Impossible Mission Force).

In Vienna, a new jazz club featuring American trumpeter Buzzy Bellew threatens the existence of its neighbor, the Waltz Palace, run by Franz Strauss and featuring his granddaughter, singer Elsa. Smitten by Elsa, Buzzy hides his identity and association with the club -- whose owner intends to buy out the Palace property. When Elsa accidentally learns who Buzzy really is, it appears he may have to return to America alone.

Young Austrian Archduke Paul "Gustl" Gustave is in an arranged engagement but his uncle, the emperor, decides to let Gustl carry on a fling with ballet dancer Lisl Gluck.

A colorful and comedic staging of the classic opera buffa by the Vienna State Opera.