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Die Fledermaus

1962 · 107 min

A frothy, tuneful confection of mistaken identities and champagne-soaked scheming, easy to sink into and humming along with.

Overview
Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein, legal counsel at Arabayam & Co., is serving an eight-day sentence in the Grinzing district prison for insulting a public official. At the same time, however, he is to attend Prince Orlofsky's ball on behalf of his employer, Basil Arabayam, posing as Marquis Renard with a fictitious wife. Said woman is to persuade the prince to donate oil-rich lands in Bakutin on the Black Sea to her, which are to be immediately transferred to Arabayam...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • identity
  • love
  • class
  • greed
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism4
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, music
Directed by
Géza von Cziffra
Written by
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Starring
Peter Alexander, Marianne Koch, Marika Rökk, Willy Millowitsch, Gunther Philipp, Boy Gobert, Hans Moser, Oskar Sima
Cinematography
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Runtime
107 min
Country
Austria
Languages
German

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