Learning on ScreenFalstaff 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
- Notes
- The copy held by the Library of Congress has Danish subtitles.
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
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
Gustav Waldou Gusti Wolf Hans Nielsen Helmuth Berndsen Ingeborg Schmidt-Stein Marie-Luise Schilp Wolf Albach-Retty
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
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