Movie
The Merry Widow
Overview
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Details
- Release date
- 1934-11-02
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Music, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Maurice Chevalier as Count Danilo
- Jeanette MacDonald as Madame Sonia / Fifi
- Edward Everett Horton as Ambassador Popoff
- Una Merkel as Queen Dolores
- George Barbier as King Achmet
- Minna Gombell as Marcelle
- Ruth Channing as Lulu
- Sterling Holloway as Orderly
- Donald Meek as Valet
- Herman Bing as Zizipoff
- Jacklyn Alexander as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Lona Andre as Maid to Sonia (uncredited)
Crew
- Ernst Lubitsch - Director
- Ernest Vajda - Screenplay
- Samson Raphaelson - Screenplay
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