Falstaff in Wien
- Alternative title
- Falstaff in Vienna
- Synopsis
- A musical set in old Vienna about the composer Otto Nicolai, who wrote Die Lustige Weiber von Windsor, based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The film incorporates some of Nicolai’s music and a few excerpts of scenes from the opera. The choir of the Deutschen Opernhaus, Berlin is conducted by Hermann Luddecke.
- Language
- German (Standard)
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1940
- Duration
- 94 mins; 8.497 feet
Credits
- Director
- Leopold Hainisch
- Cinematographer
- Bruno Mondi
- Screenplay
- Kurt Feltz; Max Wallner
- Music
- Otto Nicolai
- Production Design
- Hans Minzloff; Otto Modenhauer
- Costume
- Ilse Fehling
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Operas and Musicals
- Historical period
- 19th Century
- Plays
- Merry Wives of Windsor, The
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- The copy held by the Library of Congress has Danish subtitles.
Production Company
- Name
Tobis
Archive
- Name
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
- Web
- http://catalog.loc.gov/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (20) 707-8572
- Fax
- (20) 707-237’1
- Address
- Motion Picture & Television Reading Room
James Madison Building, LM 336
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20540-4690
United States
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Falstaff in Wien". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67877 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)