Watch Die Fledermaus (1937) Online

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! Read More

Watch Die Fledermaus online. Featuring Lída Baarová and Hans Söhnker, Die Fledermaus is classified as genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 1937. Die Fledermaus was directed by Paul Verhoeven,Hans H. Zerlett. Read Less