Die Fledermaus

Die Fledermaus

1962 · 107 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Music

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...

Directed by Géza von Cziffra · Written by Géza von Cziffra

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Peter Alexander Dr. Gabriel Eisenstein
Marianne Koch Rosalinde
Marika Rökk Adele
Willy Millowitsch Frank
Gunther Philipp Pista von Bundassy
Boy Gobert Prinz Orlofsky
Hans Moser Frosch
Oskar Sima Basil Arabayam
Susi Nicoletti Baronin Martens
Rolf Kutschera Alfred
Rudolf Carl Diener Josef
Ellen Umlauf Young Lady in Prison

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