The Merry Widower

For the Italian film, see The Merry Widower (1950 film).

The Merry Widower
Harry Liedtke and La Jana
Directed by	Robert Land
Written by	Walter Reisch Franz Schulz
Starring	Harry Liedtke La Jana Alice Roberts
Cinematography	Carl Drews Gotthardt Wolf
Music by	Franz Lehár
Production company	Super-Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	1 May 1929 (1929-05-01)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Merry Widower (German: Der lustige Witwer) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.[1] The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach.

It is not to be confused with the 1908 show at the Pekin Theatre in Chicago starring Lottie Grady and Jerry Mills.

Cast

• Harry Liedtke as George Dulac
• La Jana as Lucile Daumier
• Alice Roberts as Alice Dulac
• Marcel Vibert as William Garrick - ein Witwer
• Anton Pointner as Ein Paradegast
• Otto Wallburg as Ein Paradegast
• John Mylong as Ein Paradegast
• Károly Huszár as Der Hoteldirektor
• Hanna Waag as Die Hotelsekretärin

References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 392

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Merry Widower at IMDb