The Merry Wives of Windsor (German: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) is a 1965 Austrian-British historical comedy film directed by Georg Tressler and starring Norman Foster, Colette Boky and Charles Igor Gorin.Sammons p.88 It was written by Foster and Tressler as a film musical adaptation of Otto Nicolai's opera after Shakespeare's play.
Cast Norman Foster as Sir John Falstaff Colette Boky as Mistress Ford Charles Igor Gorin as Mr. Ford Mildred Miller as Mistress Page Lucia Popp as Mistress Ann John Gittings as Dr. Cajus Rosella Hightower as Ballerina Edmond Hurshell as Herr Reich Marshall Reynor as Spärlich Ernst Schütz as Fenton
Reception Variety wrote: "All in all, it's a fast-running pic with a series of pleasant optical and scenic gags. ... Also this Austrian production may be termed an interesting document for it gives opera lovers in distant areas the opportunity to see a first-class opera production. In addition, it is something for future generations. The singers are excellent. In particular, this goes for Foster and Colette Boky. Latter, a Canadian soprano, is also an optical treat. ... Austrian Georg Tressler has contributed a competent directorial job within limits. The camera work deserves compliments, too."
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Bibliography Eddie Sammons. Shakespeare: A Hundred Years on Film. Scarecrow Press, 2004.
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