The Merry Wives of Vienna

The Merry Wives of Vienna
Directed by	Géza von Bolváry
Written by	Julius Brammer (libretto) Alfred Grünwald (libretto) Samuel Lerner Walter Reisch
Produced by	Julius Haimann
Starring	Willi Forst Lee Parry Paul Hörbiger
Cinematography	Willy Goldberger
Music by	Robert Stolz
Production company	Super-Film
Distributed by	Super-Film
Release date	6 March 1931
Running time	109 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Merry Wives of Vienna (German: Die lustigen Weiber von Wien) is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Willi Forst, Lee Parry and Paul Hörbiger. The film's sets were designed by Andrej Andrejew and Gabriel Pellon.

It is an operetta film set in pre-First World War Vienna.

Cast

• Willi Forst as Augustin Tuschinger - Tanzlehrer
• Lee Parry as Gretl
• Paul Hörbiger as Anselm Leitner - Hofrat
• Irene Eisinger as Leopoldine
• Evi Eva as Adolphine
• Elfriede Jera as Hermine
• Lilian Ellis as Christine
• Edith Hermann-Roeder as Alvine
• Alexandra Molino as Wilhelmine
• Camilla Fiebig as Pauline
• Lola Werner as Josephine
• Jaggi Graßmann as Ernestine
• Bimmy Rowland as Philippine
• Ernst Wurmser as Alois Stanigl - Caféhausbesitzer
• Oskar Sima as Exzellenz Waldmüller - Kultusminister
• Cordy Millowitsch as Therese Zelenka
• Tibor Halmay as Jean, Oberkellner
• Fritz Odemar as Johann - Kammerdiener
• Bitza Mühlau as Köchin

Bibliography

• Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

• The Merry Wives of Vienna at IMDb