Director:
Erich von StroheimMúsica:
Franz LehárReparto:
Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, George Fawcett, Tully Marshall, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, George Nichols, Rolfe Sedan, Estelle Clark, Anielka Elter (más)Streaming (1)
Sinopsis(1)
Posiblemente la mejor versión de la opereta de Franz Lehar, en la que Stroheim combinó con singular talento registros antagónicos, desde el más sórdido hasta el más brillante. Su resultado es un espectáculo fascinante, en el que bajo una apariencia tirando a frívola se ponen al descubierto las fibras más sensibles de la condición humana. (Filmin)
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Lehár's operetta "The Merry Widow" is such a classic work that you can choose your favorite from a number of film transcriptions. While this epic von Stroheim project rests entirely on the lavish production design and the attractive pairing of Mae Murray and John Gilbert, who was always gorgeous in uniform, I exceptionally prefer the sound version with Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier. Of all the great experiences of 1925, this one seems to be average (it was simply too good a year). On the other hand, von Stroheim's The Merry Widow is certainly one of the most outstanding modern rewritings of a classic of the 1920s, which can be compared with only a minimum of exceptional works such as Anna Karenina from 1927.
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