Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die

Alternative title: Merry Wives of Windsor, The
Synopsis: A feature film version based on the Otto Nicolai opera The Merry Wives of Windsor adapted by Marieluise Steinhauer. Performed by the Berliner Staatskapelle and the choir of the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted by Paul Schmitz.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1950
Duration: 93 mins; 8500 feet

Director

Georg Wildhagen

Producer

Walter Lehmann

Cinematographer

Eugen Klagemann; Karl Plintzner

Writer

Georg Wildhagen; Wolff von Gordon

Music

Otto Nicolai; Schmitz. Paul

Production Design

Franz F. Fürst; Otto Erdmann; Robert Herlth

Costume

Vera Mügge

Contributor

Marieluise Steinhauer

Cast

Paul Esser	Sir John Falstaff
Martha Modl	Singing voice for Mistress Page (Mistress Margaret Page)
Sonja Ziemann	Frau Fluth (Mistress Alice Ford)
Berta Monnard	Mistress Quickly
Claus Holm	Fluth (Frank Ford)
Alexander Engel	Reich (George Page)
Charles Hans Vogt	Tailor
Eckart Dux	Fenton
Erich Gühne	Cobbler
Fritz Melchior	Cabby
Gerhard Frickhöffer	Doctor Caius
Helmut Krebs	Singing voice for Fenton (Fenton)
Herbert Richter	Blacksmith
Ina Halley	Anna Reich (Anne Page)
Joachim Teege	Abraham Slender
Kurt Mühlhardt	Butcher
Sonja Schoener	Singing voice for Anne Page (Anne Page)

Notes: The copy from DEFA is in German with no subtitles.
History: The film premiered on 22/12/1950
Reviews: "Wildhagen skilfully created varied images, livened up with optical garnishing, and so avoided a conventional and stagy operatic production. This is no orthodox opera film, but rather a tight and bubbling cinematic comedy with musical interludes." Sabine Tomzig, Hamburger Abendblatt of (6 January 1962).
Source: DEFA www.defa-stiftung.de; Filmportal database www.filmportal.de (accessed 10/2008)

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