Die Fledermaus (1946)
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.
What is Die Fledermaus about?
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. Die Fledermaus is a Music, Romance, Comedy movie, released on 1946-08-16, runtime 100 minutes.
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Directed by
Géza von Bolváry
Cast
- Marte Harell as Rosalinde Eisenstein
- Johannes Heesters as Herbert Eisenstein
- Will Dohm as Theaterdirektor Michael Falke
- Dorit Kreysler as Adele
- Willy Fritsch as Gefängnisdirektor Frank
- Hans Brausewetter as Tenor Alfred Melzer
- Joseph Egger as Frosch
- Siegfried Breuer as Prinz Orlowsky
- Heinz Salfner as Inspektor
- Franz Böheim as Office writer I.T. prison
- Hermine Ziegler
- Mimi Stelzer as Cook at Eisensteins
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