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The Merry Widow

Ernst Lubitsch
USA
Synopsis
Sonia is an immensely wealthy widow from Marshovia, a small country where she controls half the wealth. The country depends on her spending her money there and when she moves to Paris in the quest to find a husband, the King sends Prince Danilo to court her and bring her back with the warning that failure will earn him a court-martial.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson
Photography
Oliver T. Marsh
Edition
Frances Marsh
Music
Franz Lehar
Cast
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier
Running Time
103 m.
Country
USA
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