Top billed cast

1. 

   Harry Liedtke

   Alex von Reizenstein

2. 

   Emil Jannings

   Quabbe - der Gaoler

3. 

   Paul Biensfeldt

4. 

   Erich Schönfelder

   Egon Storch

5. 

   Käthe Dorsch

6. 

   Kitty Dewall

   Alice von Reizenstein

7. 

   Agda Nilsson

   Mizi - die Magd

8. 

   Ossi Oswalda

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Reviews

A review by germish

Written by germish on 2013-01-29

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 Lubits...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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