The Merry Wives (German: Die lustigen Weiber) is a 1936 German comedy film directed by Carl Hoffmann and starring Magda Schneider, Leo Slezak and Ida Wüst. It is based on William Shakespeare's play The Merry Wives of Windsor. It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Erich Zander.
Cast
Magda Schneider as Viola Evans
Leo Slezak as Sir John Falstaff
Ida Wüst as Frau Fluth/Mistress Ford
Maria Krahn as Frau Hurtig/Mistress Page
Ellen Frank as Frl. Betty White
Otto Wernicke as Herr Fluth/Frank Ford
Franz Zimmermann as Valentin Fluth
Helmut Weiss as Junker Schwächling
Helmut Hoffmann as Fenton
Gustav Püttjer as Pistol
Erwin van Roy as Nym
Armin Schweizer as Herr Page
Ruth Claus as Anne Page
Eduard Wenck as Mr. Burns
Else Reval as Mrs. Burns
Wolfgang von Schwindt as Wirt
Aribert Grimmer as Bardolf
Klaus Pohl as Wächter am Stadttor u. Nachtwächter
Curt Ackermann as Ponton
Willi Schaeffers as Friedensrichter
Kurt Lauermann as Higgins Bote
Arthur Reppert as Kutscher v. Heuwagen
Horst Birr as Oberpage Pedro