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The Widow's Ball (1930)

The Widow's Ball poster
Original title
Der Witwenball
Directed by
Georg Jacoby
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small German town, a widow attends a ball where a series of misunderstandings and flirtations unfold. Three main characters find themselves tangled in comic situations of romance and mistaken identity.

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What happens

The Widow's Ball (German: Der Witwenball) is a 1930 German comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Lucie Englisch, Fritz Kampers, and Sig Arno. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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