Music · France · 1962 · 1h 50m

The Merry Widow

Die lustige Witwe

The Merry Widow poster
Director
Werner Jacobs
Cast
Peter Alexander as Danilo Karin Hübner as Hanna Hofer Gunther Philipp as Hugo Maurice Teynac as André Napoleon Renard Geneviève Cluny as Valencienne Ernst Waldbrunn as Testamentsvollstrecker
Crew
Friedl Behn-Grund — Director of Photography Rudolf Sandtner — Director of Photography Arnfried Heyne — Editor Janne Furch — Screenplay Herbert Gruber — Producer Alexander Sawczynski — Production Design
Synopsis

Peter Alexander in a starring role: Franz Lehár's operetta presents him in a comedy with plenty of music! Bon vivant Danilo enjoys Paris to the fullest. He's the nephew of a wealthy factory owner and can therefore afford it. But he's supposed to concentrate on his uncle's company in the city on the Seine. When he doesn't, Uncle André devises a ruse. Hanna, who becomes André's "merry widow," is also involved in this...

Key Collaborators
Werner Jacobs Director Friedl Behn-Grund Director of Photography Rudolf Sandtner Director of Photography Arnfried Heyne Editor Janne Furch Screenplay Herbert Gruber Producer Alexander Sawczynski Production Design Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff Production Design Paul Seltenhammer Costume Design
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