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The Merry Widow

1934·99 min

The Merry Widow

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

ComedyMusicRomance

A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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Maurice Chevalier

Count Danilo

Jeanette MacDonald

Madame Sonia / Fifi

Edward Everett Horton

Ambassador Popoff

Queen Dolores

Crew

Samson Raphaelson

Screenplay

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Producer

Oliver T. Marsh

Director of Photography

Irving Thalberg

Producer

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Jacklyn Alexander

Minor Role (uncredited)

Maid to Sonia (uncredited)

Turk (uncredited)

Maxim Girl (uncredited)

Barbara Barondess

Maxim Girl (uncredited)

Ambassador (uncredited)

Cosmo Kyrle Bellew

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The Merry Widow (1934) is about a prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.

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Ernst Lubitsch directed The Merry Widow (1934).

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