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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Die Fledermaus Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Friedl Czepa
She was 39, 74 years old when she died
|
as Hanni / Adele |
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Hans Möser
He was 31, 42 years old when he died
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as Hans Moser |
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Harald Paulsen
He was 42, 58 years old when he died
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as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Rommel / Dr.Falke |
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Georg Alexander
He was 49, 57 years old when he died
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as Staatsanwalt Wentin / Frank |
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Karel Štěpánek
He was 38, 81 years old when he died
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as Attaché Baranoff / Orlovsky |
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Erwin Werner
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as Bühnenarbeiter |
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Robert Dorsay
He was 33, 39 years old when he died
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as Chauffeur Franz / Alfred |
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Otto Graf
He was 40, 80 years old when he died
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as Rundfunkreporter |
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Hans Söhnker
He was 34, 77 years old when he died
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as Kammersänger Hans Weigel / Eisenstein |
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Arthur Kistenmacher
He was 55, 83 years old when he died
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as Polizist |
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Jola Jobst
She was 21, 36 years old when she died
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as Berta / Ida |
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Hans Stiebner
He was 39, 60 years old when he died
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as Kapellmeister |
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Albert Ihle
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as Präsident |
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Lída Baarová
She was 23, 86 years old when she died
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as Maria Weigel / Rosalinde |
Die Fledermaus Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Bruno Mondi as Cinematography. He was 34 (87) years old when He died
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Crew |
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Walter Wassermann as Writer. He was 54 (61) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Gerhard Staab as Producer. He was 43 (57) years old when He died
|
Production |
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Paul Verhoeven as Director. He was 0 (36) years old when He died
|
Directing |
