Die Fledermaus is a 1931 Franco-German musical film directed by Karel Lamac and starring Anny Ondra, Georg Alexander and Oskar Sima. It is an operetta film based on the 1874 stage play Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss.
Is it worth your time? If you like old movies where everyone seems to be vibrating with too much energy, then yeah, give it a look. It’s perfect for a rainy afternoon when you want to see people in 1930s formal wear making terrible life choices. You will probably hate this if you can't stand operettas or if high-pitche...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Karel Lamac
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old movies where everyone seems to be vibrating with too much energy, then yeah, give it a look. It’s perfect for a rainy afternoon when you want to see people in 1930s formal wear making terrible life choices. You will probably hate this if you can't stand operettas or if high-pitched singing makes your ears itch. It’s very loud for a movie that’s almost a hundred years old. I went into this expecting something stiff and boring because it's based on a stage pl..."
Richard Genée, Carl Haffner, Karl Forest, Ludovic Halévy, Hans H. Zerlett, Henri Meilhac
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