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The Bat
The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
Cast
- Lída Baarová as Maria Weigel / Rosalinde
- Hans Söhnker as Kammersänger Hans Weigel / Eisenstein
- Friedl Czepa as Hanni / Adele
- Jola Jobst as Berta / Ida
- Georg Alexander as Staatsanwalt Wentin / Frank
- Robert Dorsay as Chauffeur Franz / Alfred
- Hans Moser as Hans Moser
- Harald Paulsen as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Rommel / Dr.Falke
- Karl Stepanek as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky
- Hans Stiebner as Kapellmeister
- Otto Graf as Rundfunkreporter
- Albert Ihle as Präsident
Details
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven and Hans H. Zerlett
- Released
- October 30, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- Imagoton and Tobis Filmkunst
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.2 / 10 from 4 votes
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