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The Merry Jail( 1917)

TV-MAComedy
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Overview

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Harry Liedtke

      Alex von Reizenstein

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      Emil Jannings

      Quabbe - der Gaoler

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      Paul Biensfeldt

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      Erich Schönfelder

      Egon Storch

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      Käthe Dorsch

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      Kitty Dewall

      Alice von Reizenstein

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      Agda Nilsson

      Mizi - die Magd

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      Ossi Oswalda

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    A review by germish

    9.5
    Written by germish on Tue Jan 29 2013
    The Merry Jail or Das fidele Gefängnis (1917) is one of the early films of Ernst Lubitsch. A light comedy, based on Strauss's operetta 'Die Fledermaus', about a rich couple and their maid in a gay Berlin of endless parties and ceremonies. It is also one of early films of Emil Jannings in the role of a nutty prison guard. The 25 year old Lubitsch portrays one his first and most original conceptions of marriage and women in a manner that is certainly years ahead of its time. And that's why I get disappointed when I didn't find this film among Kristin Thompson's selected titles to examine Lubitsch...

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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