The Merry Widow (1934)

Directed by

Ernst Lubitsch

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 67 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy widow from a small European country comes to Paris, where the government tasks a handsome count with winning her heart and fortune to keep her money in the kingdom. The count's romantic pursuit becomes complicated by his own pride and her playful resistance.

charmingromanticwittybreezylightheartedglamorousmusicalplayful

What happens

The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. A French-language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La veuve joyeuse. Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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