Die Fledermaus

Theater director Falke, dressed as a bat, ends up in prison after a merry carnival night. Director Frank only releases him after some time. Falke decides to take revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, to whom he owes the whole affair. The annual masked ball at Prince Orlofsky's provides the opportunity. Falke stages a game of mistaken identity in which Eisenstein does not recognize his own wife and courts her, while maid Adele appears as the countess. Eisenstein is duped, Falke has taken his revenge.

Cast

Marte Harell

Marte Harell

as Rosalinde Eisenstein

Johannes Heesters

Johannes Heesters

as Herbert Eisenstein

Will Dohm

Will Dohm

as Theaterdirektor Michael Falke

Dorit Kreysler

Dorit Kreysler

as Adele

Willy Fritsch

Willy Fritsch

as Gefängnisdirektor Frank

Hans Brausewetter

Hans Brausewetter

as Tenor Alfred Melzer

Joseph Egger

Joseph Egger

as Frosch

Siegfried Breuer

Siegfried Breuer

as Prinz Orlowsky

Heinz Salfner

Heinz Salfner

as Inspektor

Franz Böheim

Franz Böheim

as Office writer I.T. prison

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