Falstaff in Vienna

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Directed by Leopold Hainisch Music by Alois Melichar Initial release 26 September 1940 Screenplay Kurt Feltz Production company Tobis Film		Produced by Heinz Hille Cinematography Bruno Mondi Director Leopold Hainisch Music director Alois Melichar
Written by Robert Hohlbaum (novella)Max WallnerKurt Feltz Starring Hans NielsenGusti WolfPaul Hörbiger Cast Gusti Wolf, Paul Hörbiger, Hans Nielsen Similar Peter schießt den Vogel ab, Bonjour Kathrin, The Flame of Love

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. 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 attandant

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

Falstaff in Vienna Wikipedia

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