Die Fledermaus

1h 40min

Music

Romance

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

DEFA

Terra-Filmkunst

Cast

Marte Harell

Marte Harell

Rosalinde Eisenstein
Johannes Heesters

Johannes Heesters

Herbert Eisenstein
Will Dohm

Will Dohm

Theaterdirektor Michael Falke
Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Hans Brausewetter

Hans Brausewetter

Tenor Alfred Melzer
Siegfried Breuer

Siegfried Breuer

Prinz Orlowsky
Heinz Salfner

Heinz Salfner

Inspektor
Franz Böheim

Franz Böheim

Office writer I.T. prison
Mimi Stelzer

Mimi Stelzer

Cook at Eisensteins

Release date

16th Aug 1946

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch