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The Merry Jail

6.4(13)191748m1

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

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Germany

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1920
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical30 Nov 1917

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The Merry Jail was released on 30 November 1917.

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    germish

    1/29/2013

    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 portrays one his first and most original conceptions of marriage and wom…

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