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Das fidele Gefängnis (1917)
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30 November 1917 (Germany) morePlot:
A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position. | add synopsisUser Comments:
An interesting beginning moreCast
(Credited cast) | Harry Liedtke | ... | Alex von Reizenstein |
| Kitty Dewall | ... | Alice, his wife |
| Ossi Oswalda | ||
| Agda Nielson | ... | Mizi, the maid |
| Paul Biensfeldt | ||
| Erich Schönfelder | ... | Egon Storch |
| Käthe Dorsch | ||
| Emil Jannings | ... | Quabbe, the jailer |
| Ernst Lubitsch |
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This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Trouble in Paradise (1932). moreMovie Connections:
Featured in Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin - Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood (2006) (V) moreFAQ
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"The Merry Jail", which now appears on the wonderful Criterion DVD edition of Ernst Lubitsch's comic masterpiece "Trouble In Paradise", serves as an
interesting introduction to the director's early years as a German silent film director and a first look at his handling of complex, comic relationships between men and women.
The roughly fifty minute film, involves a couple and their maid who all sneak off to the same party to rekindle, confront and find new love. It's not a great film by any stretch, and is often confusing with humor that is dated. However, the real treat of the film is the last fifteen minutes when Lubitsch ties together the stray threads of the story and ties them into (a not necessarily neat) bow.
For an introduction to Lubitsch's work, please stay away from this film and watch "Trouble In Paradise" or "The Shop Around The Corner", but to see the
beginnings of an influential director, "The Merry Jail" is an adequate classroom.
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