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!

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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

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O Morcego Trailer

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El murciélago Trailer

Lepakon lumoissa Trailer

I nyhterida Trailer

Denevér Trailer

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International Releases Dates

Germany 30 October 1937

Production Companies

Tobis Filmkunst

Imagoton

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