The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp.[1] It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár.[2]
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.
Plot summary
Cast
- Peter Alexander as Danilo
- Karin Hübner as Hanna
- Gunther Philipp as Hugo
- Maurice Teynac as André Napoleon Renard
- Geneviève Cluny as Valencienne, Revuestar
- Germaine Montero as Anna, Wirtin von "Chez Anna"
- Ernst Waldbrunn as Testamentsvollstrecker
- Harald Maresch as Baron Zeta
- Herbert Kersten as Dr. Martin
- Helmut Lex as Jack Bromfield
- Darío Moreno as Camillo, Valenciennes Mann
References
Bibliography
- Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.
External links
- The Merry Widow at IMDb
- The Merry Widow at AllMovie
- Die lustige Witwe is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive