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. It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár.
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
