| 
						
            
            
             Das fidele Gefängnis 
            (The Merry Jail) 
            Also known as {Ein fideles Gefängnis} 
            (1917) Germany 
            B&W : Short film 
            Directed by Ernst Lubitsch 
            Cast: Harry Liedtke [Alex von Rrisenstein], Kitty Dewall [Frau Alice von Reisenstein], Ossi Oswalda, Agda Nielson [Mizi, the maid], Paul Biensfeldt, Erich Schönfelder [Egon Storch], Käthe Dorsch, Emil Jannings [Quabbe, the jailer], Ernst Lubitsch, [?] ? [the mailman] 
            Projektions Aktiengesellschaft Union-Film [PAGU] production. / Scenario by Ernst Lubitsch, from the operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl. / Released 30 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. 
            Comedy. 
            Survival status: Print exists. 
            Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. 
            Listing updated: 9 March 2024. 
            References: Film viewing : Fell-History p. 119; Weinberg-Lubitsch pp. 321-322 : Website-IMDb. 
            Home video: DVD. 
            
           |