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Release Date:
January 2, 1907
Original Title:
The Merry Widow
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 10
Danilo arid Sonio are ordered to marry to save their country from bankruptcy. They are both too proud to speak to each other at a fĂȘte in the ambassador's garden in Paris, but they are forcibly brought together by the ambassador and other courtiers present, which results in a quarrel. During the national dance Sonio appeals to the prince with such feeling that he yields to his love and proposes.
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