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.Sammons p.87 As noted in the introduction of a recent edition of the play, the film "was , paradoxically enough, a silent film musical".
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
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Bibliography Eddie Sammons. Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
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