The Merry Widow (1934 film)
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88% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Musical, Comedy, Romance Duration Country United States | 7.5/10 IMDb Budget 1.605 million USD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language EnglishFrench(separate versions) Release date November 2, 1934 (1934-11-02) Cast (Count Danilo), (Madame Sonia / Fifi), (Ambassador Popoff), (Queen Dolores), (King Achmet) Similar movies Related Ernst Lubitsch movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and starred 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.
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Plot
Playboy Captain Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) is ordered by King Achmet of Marshovia (George Barbier) to court and marry Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), a rich widow who owns a large portion of the kingdom.
Awards and honors
Cedric Gibbons and Fredric Hope won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
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