Movie
Movie· 1937· 1h 43m
The Bat
Die Fledermaus
★4.3IMDbComedy
The Bat is not currently streaming on any Indian OTT platform, and is not available to rent or buy in India.
- Directors:
- Paul Verhoeven, Hans H. Zerlett
The Bat is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Paul Verhoeven and Hans H. Zerlett. It runs 103 minutes. The cast is led by Lída Baarová, Hans Söhnker and Friedl Czepa. It holds an IMDb rating of 4.3.
Synopsis
The delightful Johann Strauss comic opera Die Fledermaus was mercilessly lampooned in this truly bizarre production. For starters, a framing device has been added: After appearing in 300 consecutive appearances of Fledermaus (which translates as The Bat) the lead tenor (Georg Alexander) imagines that he's seeing bats everywhere. Driven a bit over the edge by all this, he falls asleep and has a nightmare about the opera, with a group of non-singers cast in the leading roles. The original libretto about romantic assignations, political imprisonments and mistaken identity is burlesqued to the hilt: at one point, the hero finds out that his prison cell is surrounded by rubber tubes!
Cast
Lída BaarováMaria Weigel / Rosalinde
Hans SöhnkerKammersänger Hans Weigel / Eisenstein
Friedl CzepaHanni / Adele- Jola JobstJola JobstBerta / Ida
Georg AlexanderStaatsanwalt Wentin / Frank- Robert DorsayRobert DorsayChauffeur Franz / Alfred
Hans MoserHans Moser
Harald PaulsenRechtsanwalt Dr. Rommel / Dr.Falke
Karl StepanekAttaché Baranoff / Orlovsky- Hans StiebnerHans StiebnerKapellmeister
- Otto GrafOtto GrafRundfunkreporter
- Albert IhleAlbert IhlePräsident
- Arthur KistenmacherArthur KistenmacherPolizist
- Erwin WernerErwin WernerBühnenarbeiter
- Paul WalterPaul WalterTheaterintendant
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- When did The Bat release?
- The Bat released on 30 October 1937.