Die Fledermaus

Aug 16, 1946

1h 40m

★ 8.0

Overview

Theater director Falke, dressed as a bat, ends up in prison after a merry carnival night. Director Frank only releases him after some time. Falke decides to take revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, to whom he owes the whole affair. The annual masked ball at Prince Orlofsky's provides the opportunity. Falke stages a game of mistaken identity in which Eisenstein does not recognize his own wife and courts her, while maid Adele appears as the countess. Eisenstein is duped, Falke has taken his revenge.

Genres

Music

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Terra-Filmkunst

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Cast

Rosalinde Eisenstein

Marte Harell

Herbert Eisenstein

Johannes Heesters

Theaterdirektor Michael Falke

Will Dohm

Adele

Dorit Kreysler

Gefängnisdirektor Frank

Willy Fritsch

Tenor Alfred Melzer

Hans Brausewetter

Frosch

Joseph Egger

Prinz Orlowsky

Siegfried Breuer

Inspektor

Heinz Salfner

Office writer I.T. prison

Franz Böheim

Hermine Ziegler

Cook at Eisensteins

Mimi Stelzer

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