The Merry Widow (1925)

Directed by

Erich von Stroheim

Genre

silent film, romance film, black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy widow from a small European kingdom travels to Paris. Her romantic entanglements cause political complications for her home country.

melodramaticromanticsatiricaldarkly comicglamoroustragicomicstylized

What happens

The Merry Widow is a 1925 American silent romantic drama, black comedy film directed and written by Erich von Stroheim. Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film stars Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, and Tully Marshall, with pre-fame uncredited appearances by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The film is based on Franz Lehár's 1905 operetta of the same name, and was its second film adaptation, the first being a 1918 Hungarian film directed by Michael Curtiz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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