The Bat Trailer (1937)

30 October 1937 Comedy 103 mins

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!

Watch the official The Bat 1937 trailer in HD below or find more The Bat videos on Vidimovie.

Watch Full Movies Online

Watch Movies Now

Cast

Lída Baarová as Maria Weigel / Rosalinde

Hans Söhnker as Kammersänger Hans Weigel / Eisenstein

Friedl Czepa as Hanni / Adele

Jola Jobst as Berta / Ida

Georg Alexander as Staatsanwalt Wentin / Frank

Robert Dorsay as Chauffeur Franz / Alfred

Hans Moser as Hans Moser

Harald Paulsen as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Rommel / Dr.Falke

Karl Stepanek as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky

Hans Stiebner as Kapellmeister

Otto Graf as Rundfunkreporter

Albert Ihle as Präsident

Arthur Kistenmacher as Polizist

Erwin Werner as Bühnenarbeiter

Paul Walter as Theaterintendant

Sergei Woischeff as Lakai bei Orlovsky

Crew

Paul Verhoeven Director

Hans H. Zerlett Director

Richard Genée Writer

Carl Haffner Writer

Lotte Neumann Writer

Walter Wassermann Writer

Gerhard Staab Producer

Bruno Mondi Cinematography

International Titles

La chauve-souris Trailer

O Morcego Trailer

Flagermusen Trailer

El murciélago Trailer

Lepakon lumoissa Trailer

I nyhterida Trailer

Denevér Trailer

Zemsta nietoperza Trailer

Läderlappen Trailer

International Releases Dates

Germany 30 October 1937

Production Companies

Tobis Filmkunst

Imagoton

Alternative movies trailers for The Bat

More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Bat:

Die Fledermaus

Von 1944/45. Durch Ernst Marischkas Drehbuch eine vom Original deutlich abweichende das Stück aber logischer machende Verfilmung von '44 mit Willy ...

Schulfilm-DVD: Die Fledermaus - aka "Die Rache einer Fledermaus" (DVD / Vorschau)

Hier DVD bestellen: In die Gegenwart des Jahres 1937 verlegte Komödie nach Motiven der Operette von Johann Strauss: Tenor ...

»Die Fledermaus« - Trailer (Oper Leipzig)

Johann Strauß Die Fledermaus Operette in drei Akten | Text von Carl Haffner und Richard Genée Spieldauer ca. 2 3/4 Stunden | Eine Pause Gemäß dem Motto ...

Popular movie trailers from 1937

These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1937:

Sky Racket Trailer (1937)

01 October 1937

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes out of the sky.

The Gap Trailer (1937)

01 September 1937

A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.

Murder Goes to College Trailer (1937)

24 February 1937

The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the underworld trying to “beat the numbers-racket” with applied mathematics.

The Grand Bounce Trailer (1937)

22 May 1937

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it.

Under a Gypsy Moon Trailer (1937)

09 January 1937

1937 Nu-Atlas short produced by Milton Schwarzwald with musical direction by Joseph Gershenson. Featuring J.

Quick Money Trailer (1937)

10 December 1937

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years.

Cinema Circus Trailer (1937)

27 January 1937

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus.

Head Over Heels Trailer (1937)

12 February 1937

Legendary British musical-comedy favorite Jessie Matthews chalks up another winner with Head Over Heels in Love.

Two-Fisted Sheriff Trailer (1937)

14 June 1937

This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of his friend, Sheriff Dick Houston, who has captured two stagecoach bandits and is about to be shot from ambush by a third.

The Lie of Nina Petrovna Trailer (1937)

04 November 1937

Nina Petrovna is a Russian beauty claimed by two Austrian officers.

For Valour Trailer (1937)

16 March 1937

In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor).

The Stevedores Trailer (1937)

24 May 1937

Eeny, Meany and Moe are working as stevedores under the supervision of whip-wielding captain in this cartoon from Walter Lantz.

Comments

Have you watched The Bat yet? What did you think about it?