SHAKESPEARE

Alternative title

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Synopsis

Feature film. An operatic version of The Merry Wives of Windsor. The lyrics are by Willy Dehmel.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1936

Duration

90 mins

Credits

Director

Carl Hoffmann

Cinematographer

Günther Anders

Screenplay

Georg Zoch

Music

Ernst Fischer; Franz Grothe

Costume

Edward Suhr

Art Direction

Erich Zander; Wilhelm Depenau

Contributor

Willy Dehmel

Cast

Leo Slezak	Sir John Falstaff
Maria Krahn	Frau Hurtig (Mistress Margaret Page)
Ida Wüst	Frau Fluth (Mistress Alice Ford)
Otto Wernicke	Herr Fluth (Frank Ford)
Aribert Grimmer	Bardolph
Armin Schweizer	George Page
Arthur Reppert	Cabby
Curt Lauermann	Higgins Messenger
Eduard Wenck	Mr. Burns
Ellen Frank	Betty
Else Reval	Mrs. Burns
Erwin van Roy	Nim
Eugen Mateo
Franz Zimmermann	Valentin Fluth
Friedel Müller
Grete Nordegg
Gustav Püttjer	Pistol
Helmut Hofmann	Fenton
Helmut Weiss	Abraham Slender
Horst Birr	Page-boy Pedro
Klaus Pohl	Guard
Kurt Ackermann	Ponton
Magda Schneider	Viola Evans
Ruth Claus	Änne Page (Anne Page)
Walter von Allwörden	Mr. Higgins
Willy Schaeffers	Robert Shallow
Wolfgang Kieling
Wolfgang von Schwindt	Host of the Garter Inn

Additional Details

Production type

Operas and Musicals

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama; Music

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Peter Morris in his survey ‘Shakespeare On Film’, Films in Review 24:3 (1973), pp. 132-163, notes that ‘This is the first foreign language sound adaptation of a Shakespeare play, though a Hindu version of Hamlet appeared the same year’.

History

First shown on 24/01/1936.
Certified for release 19/12/1935.

Reviews

Source: www.filmportal.de (accessed 1/10/2008)

Production Company

Name

Cine-Allianz Tonfilmproduktions

Online Retailer

Name

germanwarfilms.com

Address

German War Films Online Store
PO Box 366
85323 Avondale
USA