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Which operetta did Ernst Lubitsch adapt as The Merry Widow?
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Ernst Lubitsch adapted the 1905 operetta titled Die lustige Witwe (known in English as The Merry Widow), which was composed by Franz Lehár. Lubitsch’s 1934 film version of the work starred Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald.12