Comedy ·Music ·Romance · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 39m

The Merry Widow

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Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Maurice Chevalier as Count Danilo Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi Edward Everett Horton as Ambassador Popoff Una Merkel as Queen Dolores George Barbier as King Achmet Minna Gombell as Marcelle
Crew
Oliver T. Marsh — Director of Photography Frances Marsh — Editor Ernest Vajda — Screenplay Samson Raphaelson — Screenplay Ernst Lubitsch — Producer Irving Thalberg — Producer
Tagline

Let Joy be Unconfined!

Synopsis

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

Trailer The Merry Widow — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Ernst Lubitsch Director Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography Frances Marsh Editor Ernest Vajda Screenplay Samson Raphaelson Screenplay Ernst Lubitsch Producer Irving Thalberg Producer
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