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