Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Die

Alternative title

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Synopsis

A German television production of The Merry Wives of Windsor directed for stage by Vera Oelschlegel and for television by Margot Thyret; Helmut Strassburger is Falstaff.

Language

German (Standard)

Country

Germany

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

12 Jul 1986 at 22:00 (Channel: DDR-F-2)

Duration

145 mins

Credits

Director

Margot Thyret; Vera Oelschlegel

Producer

Uta Rabenalt

Cinematographer

Tristan von Lühmann

Writer

William Shakespeare

Editor

Rose-Marie Fuhs

Music

Gerd Dornhardt

Production Design

Reinhardt Zimmermann

Cast

Helmut Straßburger	Sir John Falstaff
Franziska Troegner	Mistress Margaret Page
Marlies Ludwig	Mistress Alice Ford
Ursula Karusseit	Mistress Quickly
Hansjürgen Hurrig	Frank Ford
Carl Martin Spengler	Abraham Slender
Daniela Hoffman	Anne Page
Detlef Nier	Fenton
Eberhard Esche	Sir Hugh Evans
Erik S. Klein	Doctor Caius
Jaecki Schwarz	George Page
Jens-Uwe Bogadtke	Nim
Michael Pan	Pistol
Rolf Ludwig	Robert Shallow
Uwe Lach	Bardolph

Additional Details

Theatre

Theatre im Palast der Republik, Berlin

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Plays

Merry Wives of Windsor, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Produced at the Theatre am Palast, East Berlin, 1983; and at the Shakespeare-Tage Weimar, Weimarhalle, April 1984.

Textual information

Translated into German by W. H. Graf Baudissin, dramaturg is Gabriele Bigott,

Production Company

Name

Deutscher Fernsehfunk

Archive

Name

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA) Babelsberg

Contact

info@dra.de

Email

sekretariat@dra.de

Web

http://www.dra.de External site opens in new window

Phone

+49 (0)331 58 12-0

Fax

+49 (0)331 58 12-199

Address

Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20
Potsdam
14482