Falstaff in Vienna

Produced byHeinz HilleStarringCinematographyBruno MondiEdited byJohanna RosinskiMusic byAlois MelicharDistributed byTobis Film92 minutesCountryGermanyLanguageGerman

Falstaff in Vienna (German: Falstaff in Wien) is a 1940 German musical comedy film directed by Leopold Hainisch and starring Hans Nielsen, Gusti Wolf and Paul Hörbiger.^[1] It portrays the life of the nineteenth century composer Otto Nicolai, known for works such as The Merry Wives of Windsor.

Cast

In alphabetical order

• Wolf Albach-Retty as Robert von Weitenegg
• Ernst Benzinger as Prompter at the premiere
• Erna Berger as Soprano
• Helmut Berndsen as Falstaff actor
• Luise Bethke-Zitzmann as Gardenfrau Mizzi's in Berlin
• Eduard Bornträger as Theatre box attendant
• Julius Brandt as Clerk Pokorny
• Theo Brandt
• Gaston Briese as Stage manager of the Royal Opera House Berlin
• Curt Cappi as Organ grinder
• Michele Danton as Italian street hawker
• Karl Etlinger as Senior clark Mödlinger
• Hugo Flink
• Senta Foltin as Demoiselle Leonie
• Charles Francois as Guest in the theatre box
• Hans Göbel as Singer
• Harry Hardt as Policeman
• Franz Heigl as Schani Habrechtsberger, journeyman at Sturm's
• Karl Hellmer as Schanderl, Theatre attendant
• Fritz Hinz-Fabricius as Theatre porter
• Lizzi Holzschuh as Resi Sturm
• William Huch as Servant at Berliner Opera
• Paul Hörbiger as Court tailor Josef Sturm
• Bruno Hübner as Second Kapellmeister Schlögl
• Eduard Kandl as Bass
• Roselotte Kettmann as Woman
• Wolfgang Kieling as Loisl – Apprentice to master Sturm
• Rudolf Kölling
• Otto Lange
• Herrmann Luddecke
• Hans Nielsen as Otto Nicolai
• Hans Obermanns as Singer
• Paul Otto as Count Redern, General Director of the Royal theatres in Berlin
• Marie-Louise Schilp as Mrs Reich (Mistress Page) – Soprano
• Ingeborg Schmidt-Stein as Mrs Fluth (Mistress Ford)
• Walter Schramm-Duncker as Theatre guest
• Carla Spletter as Soprano
• Gretl Theimer as Kathi, Girl at Sturm's
• Max Vierlinger
• Gustav Waldau as Count Sedlnitzky
• Ludwig Windisch as Singer
• Hans Wocke as Baritone
• Gusti Wolf as Mizzi Stadlmeier
• Aribert Wäscher as Theatre director Pietro Balocchino

References

Bibliography

• Fawkes, Richard (2000). Opera on Film. London: Duckworth. ISBN 978-0-7156-2943-7.

External links

• Falstaff in Vienna at IMDb
• Falstaff in Wien, filmportal.de