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The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow

Let Joy be Unconfined!

19346.81h 39m

Overview

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Written by Samson Raphaelson, Ernest Vajda, Lorenz Hart
Produced by Ernst Lubitsch, Irving Thalberg
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Top Cast

Maurice Chevalier

Maurice Chevalier

Count Danilo

Jeanette MacDonald

Jeanette MacDonald

Madame Sonia / Fifi

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Ambassador Popoff

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Queen Dolores

George Barbier

George Barbier

King Achmet

Minna Gombell

Minna Gombell

Marcelle

Ruth Channing

Ruth Channing

Lulu

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Orderly

Donald Meek

Donald Meek

Valet

Herman Bing

Herman Bing

Zizipoff

Themes & Keywords

widowmusicalpre-code

About The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow is a comedy, music, romance film released in 1934 exploring themes of widow, musical, pre-code. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, it stars Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton. A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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