A Night at the OPERA is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Lilli Palmer, and Edmund Gwenn. The film follows the story of a group of music hall performers who attempt to save an OPERA house from being sold off. The term 'A Night at the OPERA' has become synonymous with the Marx Brothers' classic comedy of the same name, released in the United States in December of 1935.