The Merry Wives of Windsor (1918 film)
| The Merry Wives of Windsor | |
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| Directed by | William Wauer |
| Written by | William Shakespeare (play) |
| Produced by | Jakob Beck |
Production company | Jakob Beck-Film |
| Distributed by | Jakob Beck-Film |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
The Merry Wives of Windsor (German:Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by William Wauer.[1] It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor.[2][3] As noted in the introduction of a recent edition of the play, the film "was , paradoxically enough, a silent film musical".[4]
Cast
In alphabetical order
- Gretl Basch as Frau Fluth
- Jacques Bilk as Herr Fluth
- Robert Blass as Falstaff
- Edwin Heyer as Cajus
- Luise Mark-Lüders as Frau Reich
- Ludwig Rex as Herr Reich
- Elisabeth Schott as Anna
- Harry Steier as Junker Spärlich
- Karl Tannert as Fenton
References
- ^ Wedel, Michael (2019-05-20). Pictorial Affects, Senses of Rupture: On the Poetics and Culture of Popular German Cinema, 1910-1930. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-061355-1.
- ^ Sammons p.87
- ^ Sammons, Eddie (2004). Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-4446-9.
- ^ Shakespeare, William (2009-08-26). Three Early Comedies: Love's Labor's Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-307-42454-9.
Bibliography
- Eddie Sammons. Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
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