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
Helmuth BerndsenSir John Falstaff
Marie-Luise SchilpMistress Margaret Page
Ingeborg Schmidt-SteinMistress Alice Ford
Gustav Waldou 
Gusti Wolf 
Hans NielsenOtto Nicolai
Wolf Albach-RettyRobert von Weitenegg

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
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Phone
(20) 707-8572
Fax
(20) 707-237’1
Address
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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 26 Nov 2024)