The Merry Wives
1936, German. Directed by Carl Hoffmann.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Carl HoffmannDirector
- Magda SchneiderViola Evans
- Leo SlezakSir John Falstaff
- Ida WüstFrau Fluth
- Otto WernickeHerr Fluth / Frank Ford
- Klaus PohlWächter
- Else RevalMrs. Burns
- Maria KrahnFrau Hurtig / Mistress Page
- Gustav PüttjerPistol
- Erwin van RoyNym
- Willi SchaeffersFriedensrichter
- Ellen FrankFrl. Betty White
- Franz ZimmermannValentin Fluth
Details
- Released
- 24 January 1936
- Original title
- Die lustigen Weiber
- Country
- Germany
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The Merry Wives (1936) was directed by Carl Hoffmann and stars Magda Schneider, Leo Slezak, Ida Wüst.