The Merry Wives of Windsor (1965 film)

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Directed by	Georg Tressler
Written by	William Shakespeare (play) Norman Foster Otto Nicolai Georg Tressler
Produced by	Norman Foster
Starring	Norman Foster Colette Boky Charles Igor Gorin
Cinematography	Hannes Staudinger
Edited by	Paula Dvorak
Release date	February 1965 (1965-02)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Austria United Kingdom
Language	German

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. ^[1] The film is a musical adapting for the screen Otto Nicolai's opera after Shakespeare's play. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

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

References

1. Sammons p.88
2. Hardy, Thomas (29 January 2009), "XXXII 'Had I wist before I kist.'", A Pair of Blue Eyes, Oxford University Press, ISBN   978-0-19-953849-2 , retrieved 12 March 2025
3. Cahir, Linda Costanzo (24 December 2014). Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-8299-3.
4. Bianco e nero (in Italian). Centro sperimentale di cinematografia. 1965.

Bibliography

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

External links

• The Merry Wives of Windsor at IMDb