- Title: The Merry Jail
- Original Title: Das fidele Gefängnis
- Release Date: 30/11/1917
- Duration:48 Min / 00:48
- Country:DE
- Genre:Comedy
About Film
A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.
Movie Rating: 6.4
Total Votes: 12
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germish
9.5/10
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...
germish
9.5/10
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...
