---
title: 'The Merry Widow (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-merry-widow-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025493/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Merry Widow (1934)

1934 · 99 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Merry Widow is a 1934 film adaptation of the 1905 operetta of the same name by Franz Lehár. The film was directed and produced by Ernst Lubitsch and stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. A French-language version was produced at the same time and released in France the same year as La veuve joyeuse. Lorenz Hart and Gus Kahn wrote new English lyrics for some of Lehar's songs under the musical direction of Herbert Stothart.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg), [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver T. Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-t-marsh)
- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Marcel Achard](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-achard), [Ernest Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-vajda), [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samson-raphaelson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Editor:** [Frances Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-marsh)

## Cast

- [Maurice Chevalier](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-chevalier)
- [Una Merkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-merkel)
- [Kathleen Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-burke)
- [Luana Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/luana-walters)
- [George Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barbier)
- [Leonid Kinskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kinskey)
- [Lona Andre](https://cinepixo.com/people/lona-andre)
- [Morgan Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-wallace)
- [Jeanette MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-macdonald)
- [Minna Gombell](https://cinepixo.com/people/minna-gombell)
- [Donald Meek](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-meek)
- [Herman Bing](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-bing)
- [Billy Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-gilbert)
- [George Magrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-magrill)
- [Henry Armetta](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-armetta)

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