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The Merry Wives (1936)
Directed by Carl Hoffmann
Comedy, Music · 1h 21m
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.
Cast
Magda Schneider
Viola Evans
Leo Slezak
Sir John Falstaff
Ida Wüst
Frau Fluth
Otto Wernicke
Herr Fluth / Frank Ford
Klaus Pohl
Wächter
E
Else Reval
Mrs. Burns
M
Maria Krahn
Frau Hurtig / Mistress Page
Gustav Püttjer
Pistol
E
Erwin van Roy
Nym
Willi Schaeffers
Friedensrichter
Ellen Frank
Frl. Betty White
Franz Zimmermann
Valentin Fluth
Crew
- Director
- Carl Hoffmann
Details
- Original title
- Die lustigen Weiber
- Release date
- 1936-01-24
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions GmbH