The Merry Widow (1952)

The Merry Widow (1952) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Oscar Academy Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Curtis Bernhardt
Sonya Levien

Written By:
Viktor Léon
Leo Stein

Actors:
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
Sujata ..... Gypsy Girl
Lisa Ferraday ..... Marcella
Shepard Menken ..... Kunjany
Ludwig Stössel ..... Major Domo (as Ludwig Stossel)

Synopsis:

This is a concept version of the operetta which uses much of the music but does not place the music where it might actually be performed in the original version of the operetta. The Marshovian Embassy in New York is warned that the Widow Radek has tens of millions of dollars they wish to keep within the aegis of Marshovia. They convince the Widow Radek to to travel to Marshovia to receive an award. Once in Marshovia, she accidentally discovers that Count Danilo has been sent to woo her to keep her millions locally. She tells her companion to act as if she were the Widow Radek, and herself pursues Danilo in disguise. Finally disgusted with this leg of her European trip, she sets out to enjoy her millions on million as a Merry Widow in Paris, where she again runs into Danilo. This time, she gets Danilo to pursue her companion disguised as Widow Radek, while she pursues Danilo disguised as her own maid. When Danilo is ordered to propose to her maid, whom he believes to be the Widow Radek, the real Widow decides to set things right. The Widow and her maid arrive at the ball given in her honor both dressed as wealthy millionaires. There is some confusion as to whom the rich lady is until the Ambassador from Marshova who met the Widow in New York identified her. Her romance with Danilo is rekindled, but is still on a tentative footing,.

The young widow Crystal Radek is invited to Marshovia, a small European kingdom, to attend the unveiling of a statue in honour of her deceased husband. The royal coffers are seriously in need of her money so the king sends out count Danilo to seduce her.

The Merry Widow is a 1952 film adaptation of the operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. It starred Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas.

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