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Die Fledermaus

  • Music
  • Romance
  • Comedy

August 16, 1946 (DE)

1h 40m

Theater director Falke, dressed as a bat, ends up in prison after a merry carnival night. Director Frank only releases him after some time. Falke decides to take revenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisenstein, to whom he owes the whole affair. The annual masked ball at Prince Orlof...

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