The Merry Wives

The Merry Wives (1936) is a comedy, music film directed by Carl Hoffmann rated 5.5/10.

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

Else Reval

Mrs. Burns

Maria Krahn

Frau Hurtig / Mistress Page

Gustav Püttjer

Pistol

Erwin van Roy

Nym

Willi Schaeffers

Friedensrichter

Ellen Frank

Frl. Betty White

Franz Zimmermann

Valentin Fluth