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The Merry Jail | |
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Directed by | Ernst Lubitsch |
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Country | Germany |
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The Merry Jail (German: Das fidele Gefängnis, lit. 'The Pleasant Prison') is a 1917 German silent comedy film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Harry Liedtke, Kitty Dewall and Agda Nilson. Dewall plays a neglected wife who disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband (Liedtke) into a compromising position.
Cast
edit- Harry Liedtke as Alex von Reizenstein, a young husband
- Kitty Dewall as Alice, his wife
- Agda Nilson as Mizi, maid
- Erich Schönfelder as Egon Storch
- Emil Jannings as Quabbe, prison guard
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editCategory:1917 films Category:Films of the German Empire Category:German silent feature films Category:1917 comedy films Category:German comedy films Category:Films directed by Ernst Lubitsch Category:German black-and-white films Category:Silent comedy films Category:1910s German films Category:1910s German-language films