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The Merry Widow

Play trailer Poster for The Merry Widow 1934,  1h 39m,  Musical/ Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 89% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
89% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
The kingdom of Marshovia is so small that one of its richest citizens, Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), is responsible for paying more than half of its taxes. Understandably, when she runs away to Paris and takes her money with her, it means disaster for the tiny country. In order to prevent a government collapse, King Achmet (George Barbier) dispatches dashing Count Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) to win back Sonia's allegiance and restore the nation to prosperity.

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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine Apr 23, 2020
A perfect realization of a director's dream. And when the director is Ernst Lubitsch, the picture rates very high... Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Oct 11, 2019
Everybody's old favorite brought strictly up to date by Ernst Lubitsch, and very brightly acted, danced and sung by Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald. Go to Full Review
Helen Brown Norden Vanity Fair Jun 7, 2019
As directed by Ernst Lubitsch, this has its brighter touches, but underneath them all, it's still the same old hokum and I am pretty tired of it. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Feb 3, 2011
B+
Lubitsch's charming operetta, based on Franz Lehar's popular work, features great star turns by Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald in their last teaming together. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 30, 2006
B
The chemistry between stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald seems as tasty as a French pastry. Go to Full Review
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Aug 22, 2003
5/5
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Feb 1, 2019 The best musical movie ever made!
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Cast & Crew

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Ernst Lubitsch

Director

Maurice Chevalier

Count Danilo

Jeanette MacDonald

Madame Sonia

Edward Everett Horton

Ambassador Popoff

Una Merkel

Queen Dolores

George Barbier

King Achmet

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The Merry Widow

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Movie Info

Synopsis The kingdom of Marshovia is so small that one of its richest citizens, Madame Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald), is responsible for paying more than half of its taxes. Understandably, when she runs away to Paris and takes her money with her, it means disaster for the tiny country. In order to prevent a government collapse, King Achmet (George Barbier) dispatches dashing Count Danilo (Maurice Chevalier) to win back Sonia's allegiance and restore the nation to prosperity.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Irving Thalberg
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Musical, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 11, 1934, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 17, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
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