The Merry Widow

The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp. It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski. Plot summary Cast Peter Alexander as Danilo Karin Hübner as Hanna Gunther Philipp as Hugo Maurice Teynac as André Napoleon Renard Geneviève Cluny as Valencienne, Revuestar Germaine Montero as Anna, Wirtin von "Chez Anna" Ernst Waldbrunn as Testamentsvollstrecker Harald Maresch as Baron Zeta Herbert Kersten as Dr. Martin Helmut Lex as Jack Bromfield Darío Moreno as Camillo, Valenciennes Mann