The Model Husband (1956 film)
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| Directed by | Erik Ode |
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| Based on | Fair and Warmer (play) by Avery Hopwood |
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| Cinematography | Otto Baecker |
| Edited by | Anneliese Artelt |
| Music by | Kurt Wege |
Production company | Omega Film |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Model Husband (German: Der Mustergatte or Kann ein Mann sooo treu sein...[1]) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Harald Juhnke, Inge Egger and Theo Lingen.[2] It is a remake of the 1937 film The Model Husband,[3] which was itself based on the 1915 Avery Hopwood play Fair and Warmer.[4] The Film Lexicon found it "[s]ignificantly less funny than its predecessor.”[1] As did other commentators.[5]
Cast
- Harald Juhnke as Billy Haber
- Inge Egger as Margret Haber
- Theo Lingen as Jakob Wieler
- Gardy Granass as Dolly Wieler
- Boy Gobert as Freddy Evans
- Paul Heidemann as 1. Direktor
- Gert Kollat as 3. Argentinier
- Franz-Otto Krüger as 1. Argentinier
- Sigrid Lagemann as Fanny, Dienstmädchen
- Ursula Lingen as Alma Sedlmayr
- Rolf Weih as 2. Argentinier
- Ralf Wolter as Trainer
- Eddi Arent
References
- ^ a b "Kann ein Mann sooo treu sein..." www.filmdienst.de (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 346
- ^ Blubacher, Thomas (28 October 2022). Drehort Schweiz: Filming Locations von Aarau bis Zwieselberg (in German). Zytglogge Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7296-2389-7.
- ^ Rühmann, Heinz (1994). Ich bin ein Anhänger der Stille: ein Gespräch mit Heinz Rühmann (in German). Belleville. ISBN 978-3-923646-53-1.
- ^ Brocks, Manfred (1986). Chronik 1937 (in German). 1Buch GmbH. ISBN 978-3-88379-076-3.
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.