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68% Critic Match
The Merry Widow
“Let Joy be Unconfined!”
6.8 / 10• 1934• 1h 39m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Cast & Crew
Maurice Chevalier
Count Danilo
Lead
Jeanette MacDonald
Madame Sonia / Fifi
Edward Everett Horton
Ambassador Popoff
Una Merkel
Queen Dolores
George Barbier
King Achmet
Minna Gombell
Marcelle
Ruth Channing
Lulu
Sterling Holloway
Orderly
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ernst Lubitsch's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Merry Widow is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
