The Merry Jail

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 48 mins

Release Date : 1917-11-30

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The Merry Jail or Das fidele Gefängnis (1917) is one of the early films of Ernst Lubitsch. A light comedy, based on Strauss's operetta 'Die Fledermaus', about a rich couple and their maid in a gay Berlin of endless parties and ceremonies. It is also one of early films of Emil Jannings in the role o...