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The Merry Widow (1952)
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
“M-G-M presents the saucy new musical!”
Drama, Music · 1h 45m
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Cast
Lana Turner
Crystal Radek
Fernando Lamas
Count Danilo
Una Merkel
Kitty Riley
Richard Haydn
Baron Popoff
Thomas Gomez
King of Marshovia
John Abbott
Marshovian Ambassador
Marcel Dalio
Police Sergeant
King Donovan
Nitki
Robert Coote
Marquis De Crillon
S
Sujata Rubener
Gypsy Girl (as Sujata)
Lisa Ferraday
Marcella
Shepard Menken
Kunjany
Crew
- Director
- Curtis Bernhardt
- Screenplay
- Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
- Writer
- Viktor Léon, Leo Stein
- Director of Photography
- Robert Surtees
- Original Music Composer
- Franz Lehár
- Editor
- Conrad A. Nervig
- Producer
- Joe Pasternak
Details
- Release date
- 1952-09-05
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer