The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb4.5/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl HoffmannDirector
Cast
- Magda SchneiderViola Evans
- Leo SlezakSir John Falstaff
- Ida WüstFrau Fluth
- Otto WernickeHerr Fluth / Frank Ford
- Klaus PohlWächter
- Else RevalMrs. Burns
- Maria KrahnFrau Hurtig / Mistress Page
- Gustav PüttjerPistol
- Erwin van RoyNym
- Willi SchaeffersFriedensrichter
- Ellen FrankFrl. Betty White
- Franz ZimmermannValentin Fluth