The Merry Wives (1936)
Die lustigen Weiber
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is besieged by suitors.
- Date of release
- 1936-01-24
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Carl Hoffmann
Casting
- Magda Schneider — Viola Evans
- Leo Slezak — Sir John Falstaff
- Ida Wüst — Frau Fluth
- Otto Wernicke — Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
- Klaus Pohl — Wächter
- Else Reval — Mrs. Burns
- Maria Krahn — Frau Hurtig / Mistress Page
- Gustav Püttjer — Pistol
- Erwin van Roy — Nym
- Willi Schaeffers — Friedensrichter
- Ellen Frank — Frl. Betty White
- Franz Zimmermann — Valentin Fluth
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