Lustigen Weiber von Wien, Die

Alternative title: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Synopsis: Feature film musical comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. The plot concerns the romance between Viennese official Leitner (Hörbiger) and vaudeville headliner Theresa Zalenka (Milowich). Leitner’s ten daughters disapprove of the union and intend to teach their father a lesson. The girls form a vaudeville act of their own, threatening to continue until their father breaks it off with Theresa. A subplot concerns the girls’ dancing teacher (Forst) and his sweetheart (Parry), who is jealous of all ten ‘merry wives’.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1931
Availability: No archive copy found (9/2007).
Notes: The German Film Institute (DIF) holds the rights for theatrical distribution.
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Director

Géza von Bolváry

Producer

Cinematographer

Screenplay

Music

Production Design

Andrej Andrejew; Gabriel Pellon

Costume

Hermann I. Kaufmann

Cast

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