Die Fledermaus (1946)

Die Fledermaus (1946)

1946-08-16 Germany, East Germany 100 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Marte Harell is Rosalinde Eisenstein
Rosalinde Eisenstein
Johannes Heesters is Herbert Eisenstein
Herbert Eisenstein
Will Dohm is Theaterdirektor Michael Falke
Theaterdirektor Michael Falke
Willy Fritsch is Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Hans Brausewetter is Tenor Alfred Melzer
Tenor Alfred Melzer
Joseph Egger is Frosch
Siegfried Breuer is Prinz Orlowsky
Prinz Orlowsky
Heinz Salfner is Inspektor
Inspektor
Franz Böheim is Office writer I.T. prison
Office writer I.T. prison
Mimi Stelzer is Cook at Eisensteins
Cook at Eisensteins