The Merry Wives (1936)
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.
Director: Carl Hoffmann
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Magda Schneider as Viola Evans |
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Leo Slezak as Sir John Falstaff |
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Ida Wüst as Frau Fluth |
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Otto Wernicke as Herr Fluth / Frank Ford |
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Klaus Pohl as Wächter |
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Else Reval as Mrs. Burns |
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Maria Krahn as Frau Hurtig / Mistress Page |
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Gustav Püttjer as Pistol |
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Erwin van Roy as Nym |
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Willi Schaeffers as Friedensrichter |
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Ellen Frank as Frl. Betty White |
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Franz Zimmermann as Valentin Fluth |
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Helmut Weiss as Junker Schwächling |
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Helmut Hoffmann as Fenton |
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Armin Schweizer as Herr Page |
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Ruth Claus as Anne Page |
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Eduard Wenck as Mr. Burns |
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Walter von Allwörden as Mr. Higgins |
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Wolfgang von Schwindt as Wirt |
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Aribert Grimmer as Bardolf |
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Curt Ackermann as Ponton |
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Kurt Lauermann as Higgins Bote |
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Arthur Reppert as Kutscher v. Heuwagen |
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Horst Birr as Oberpage Pedro |
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Wolfgang Kieling as |
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Eugen Mateo as |
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Friedel Müller as |
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Grete Nordegg as |
| Directing | Carl Hoffmann | Director |