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  • The Merry Widow (1988)
  • TV Movie | 155 min | Musical, Comedy
The Merry Widow (1988)
TV Movie | 155 min | Musical, Comedy

The widow, Anna Glawari, faces a dilemma. Pontevedro, her native country, will be left bankrupt if she weds a foreigner. An Embassy plot to marry her off to the debonair Count Danilo Danilovitch is complicated by the secret affair which ...See moreThe widow, Anna Glawari, faces a dilemma. Pontevedro, her native country, will be left bankrupt if she weds a foreigner. An Embassy plot to marry her off to the debonair Count Danilo Danilovitch is complicated by the secret affair which has developed between the French attaché, Camille de Rosillon, and the Ambassador's wife, Valencienne. This light-hearted tale of political and amorous intrigue unfolds amidst the gaiety of high society in turn-of-the-century Paris. Written by Fiona Kelleghan See less
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Director
Writers
Viktor Léon (libretto) (as Victor Leon) | Leo Stein (libretto) | Christopher Hassall (english adaptation)
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Updated Nov 13, 1988

Release date
Nov 13, 1988 (Australia)

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22 cast members
Name Known for
Richard Bonynge
Self - Conductor Self - Conductor   See fewer
Elizabethan Philharmonic
Themselves - Orchestra Themselves - Orchestra   See fewer
Jonathon Welch
Maitre d'Hotel Maitre d'Hotel   See fewer
Lois Strike
Cocotte Cocotte   See fewer
Christopher Dawes
St. Brioche St. Brioche   See fewer
Neil Kirkby
Cascada Cascada   See fewer
Donald Solomon
(Pritschitch) (Pritschitch)   See fewer
John Germain
Kromow Kromow   See fewer
David Brennan
Bogdanovitch Bogdanovitch   See fewer
Caroline Clack
Sylviane Sylviane   See fewer
Rosina Raisbeck
Praskovia Praskovia   See fewer
Graeme Ewer
Njegus Njegus   See fewer
Gordon Wilcock
Baron Zeta Baron Zeta   See fewer
Anson Austin
Camille de Rosillon Camille de Rosillon   See fewer
Anne Maree McDonald
Valencienne (as Anne-Maree McDonald) Valencienne (as Anne-Maree McDonald)   See fewer
Ron Stevens
Danilo Danilovitch (as Ronald Stevens) Danilo Danilovitch (as Ronald Stevens)   See fewer
Joan Sutherland
Anna Glawari Anna Glawari   See fewer
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