The Merry Widow (1934 film)
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| The Merry Widow | |
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| Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
| Produced by | Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited) Irving Thalberg (uncredited) |
| Written by | Ernest Vajda Samson Raphaelson |
| Starring | Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald |
| Release date(s) | November 2, 1934 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It was directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
[edit] Plot
Playboy Count Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia (George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom.
[edit] Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Count Danilo
- Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / "Fifi"
- Edward Everett Horton as Ambassador Popoff
- Una Merkel as Queen Dolores. In the 1952 version, Merkel played a different character.
- George Barbier as King Achmet
- Minna Gombell as Marcelle
- Ruth Channing as Lulu
- Sterling Holloway as Mischka
- Donald Meek as Valet
- Herman Bing as Zizipoff
