The Merry Wives

(1936)

★ 5.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Comedy, Music

Year: 1936

Runtime: 81 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Carl Hoffmann

Cast: Magda Schneider, Leo Slezak, Ida Wüst, Otto Wernicke, Klaus Pohl, Else Reval, Maria Krahn, Gustav Püttjer, Erwin van Roy, Willi Schaeffers

Plot

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.