The Merry Wives of Windsor (1918 film)

The Merry Wives of Windsor (German:Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is a 1918 German silent comedy film directed by William Wauer. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. As noted in the introduction of a recent edition of the play, the film "was , paradoxically enough, a silent film musical".

Cast

<small>In alphabetical order</small>

• 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

Bibliography

• Eddie Sammons. Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. Scarecrow Press, 2004.

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