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Das fidele Gefängnis
(The Merry Jail)
Also known as {Ein fideles Gefängnis}
(1917) Germany
B&W : Short film
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

Cast: Harry Liedtke [Alex von Rrisenstein], Kitty Dewall [Frau Alice von Reisenstein], Ossi Oswalda, Agda Nielson [Mizi, the maid], Paul Biensfeldt, Erich Schönfelder [Egon Storch], Käthe Dorsch, Emil Jannings [Quabbe, the jailer], Ernst Lubitsch, [?] ? [the mailman]

Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU] production. / Scenario by Ernst Lubitsch, from the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released 30 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Listing updated: 9 March 2024.

References: Film viewing : Fell-History p. 119; Weinberg-Lubitsch pp. 321-322 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.