Falstaff in Vienna
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.
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 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