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The Merry Widower (1929)

The Merry Widower poster
Original title
Der lustige Witwer
Directed by
Robert Land
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
Germany
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes a widower and finds himself in comedic situations. The story follows his misadventures after his wife's death.

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What happens

The Merry Widower (German: Der lustige Witwer) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts. The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach. It is not to be confused with the 1908 show at the Pekin Theatre in Chicago starring Lottie Grady and Jerry Mills. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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