The Model Husband (1959 film)
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| Directed by | Karl Suter |
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| Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
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| Cinematography | Rudolf Sandtner |
| Edited by | René Martinet |
| Music by | Hans Moeckel |
Production company | Urania Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Language | Swiss German |
The Model Husband (German: Der Mustergatte) is a 1959 Swiss comedy film directed by Karl Suter and starring Walter Roderer, Silvia Frank and Hannes Schmidhauser.[1] It is a remake of the 1937 film The Model Husband, which was itself based on a 1915 play Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood. Another version The Model Husband had been made in West Germany in 1956. It was also the very first Swiss film to entertain photographic scenery live from Bavaria Studios in Munich, Germany. The film also received extremely positive reviews and is one of the most successful Swiss German film of all time.
It is Suter's directorial debut.[2]
Cast
- Walter Roderer as Willy Guggenbühl
- Silvia Frank as Yvonne Leuenberger
- Hannes Schmidhauser as Edi
- Olga Gebhard as Margrit Guggenbühl
- Richard Alexander as Roger Nyffeler
- Giovanna D'Argenzio as Antonella
- Max Haufler as Möbelträger
- Michael Mike as Kbi
- Ernst Stiefel as Jack
Themes
The film contains element of slaptick comedy.[3]
References
- ^ Luhr p. 542
- ^ Blubacher, Thomas (2022-10-28). Drehort Schweiz: Filming Locations von Aarau bis Zwieselberg (in German). Zytglogge Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7296-2389-7.
- ^ Luxembourgeus, Tage Tayfun Einar (2020-09-01). A Transboundary Cinema: Tunç Okan’s Trilogy of Im/Migration. Proverbial Elephant. ISBN 978-91-639-4421-5.
Bibliography
- Luhr, William, ed. (1987). World Cinema Since 1945. New York: Ungar. ISBN 978-0-8044-3078-4.