The Merry Wives (1936)

5.5/10 81 min Comedy Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Magda Schneider

Viola Evans

Leo Slezak

Sir John Falstaff

Ida Wüst

Frau Fluth

Otto Wernicke

Herr Fluth / Frank Ford

Klaus Pohl

Wächter

Gustav Püttjer

Pistol

Willi Schaeffers

Friedensrichter

Ellen Frank

Frl. Betty White

Franz Zimmermann

Valentin Fluth

Helmut Weiss

Junker Schwächling

Eduard Wenck

Mr. Burns

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