# The Merry Widower

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1929 film

For the Italian film, see [The Merry Widower (1950 film)](/source/The_Merry_Widower_(1950_film)).

The Merry Widower Harry Liedtke and La Jana Directed by Robert Land Written by Walter Reisch Franz Schulz Starring Harry Liedtke La Jana Alice Roberts Cinematography Carl Drews Gotthardt Wolf Music by Franz Lehár Production company Super-Film Distributed by Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat Release date 1 May 1929 (1929-05-01) Running time 102 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Merry Widower*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der lustige Witwer***) is a 1929 German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Robert Land](/source/Robert_Land) and starring [Harry Liedtke](/source/Harry_Liedtke), [La Jana](/source/La_Jana_(actress)), [Alice Roberts](/source/Alice_Roberts_(actress)).[1] The film's sets were designed by [Robert Neppach](/source/Robert_Neppach).

It is not to be confused with the 1908 show at the [Pekin Theatre](/source/Pekin_Theatre) in Chicago starring Lottie Grady and Jerry Mills.

## Cast

- [Harry Liedtke](/source/Harry_Liedtke) as George Dulac

- [La Jana](/source/La_Jana_(actress)) as Lucile Daumier

- [Alice Roberts](/source/Alice_Roberts_(actress)) as Alice Dulac

- [Marcel Vibert](/source/Marcel_Vibert) as William Garrick - ein Witwer

- [Anton Pointner](/source/Anton_Pointner) as Ein Paradegast

- [Otto Wallburg](/source/Otto_Wallburg) as Ein Paradegast

- [John Mylong](/source/John_Mylong) as Ein Paradegast

- Károly Huszár as Der Hoteldirektor

- [Hanna Waag](/source/Hanna_Waag) as Die Hotelsekretärin

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 392

## Bibliography

- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## External links

- [*The Merry Widower*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462694/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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