| The Merry Widow | |
| Director: | Werner Jacobs |
| Producer: | Herbert Gruber |
| Based On: | Victor Léon (libretto) Leo Stein (libretto) |
| Editing: | Arnfried Heyne |
| Distributor: | Constantin Film |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Language: | German |
The Merry Widow (German: Die lustige Witwe) is a 1962 Austrian-French musical film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Peter Alexander, Karin Hübner and Gunther Philipp.[1] It is based on the 1905 operetta The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár.[2]
It was shot at the Sievering Studios in Vienna. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Fritz Jüptner-Jonstorff and Alexander Sawczynski.