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The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp.[1] It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár.[2]

The Merry Widow
Directed by	Werner Jacobs
Written by	Janne Furch Viktor Léon (libretto) Leo Stein (libretto)
Produced by	Herbert Gruber
Starring	Peter Alexander Karin Hübner Gunther Philipp
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund Rudolf Sandtner
Edited by	Arnfried Heyne
Music by	Franz Lehár (operetta) Johannes Fehring
Production companies	Sascha Film Critérion Film
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	20 December 1962
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Austria France
Language	German

It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.

Cast

• Peter Alexander as Danilo
• Karin Hübner as Hanna
• Gunther Philipp as Hugo
• Maurice Teynac as André Napoleon Renard
• Geneviève Cluny as Valencienne, Revuestar
• Germaine Montero as Anna, Wirtin von "Chez Anna"
• Ernst Waldbrunn as Testamentsvollstrecker
• Harald Maresch as Baron Zeta
• Herbert Kersten as Dr. Martin
• Helmut Lex as Jack Bromfield
• Darío Moreno as Camillo, Valenciennes Mann

References

Bibliography

• Von Dassanowsky, Robert. Austrian Cinema: A History. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• The Merry Widow at IMDb
• Die lustige Witwe is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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