The Model Husband (1937 film)
The Model Husband (German: Der Mustergatte) is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach, and Hans Söhnker.[1] It is based on a 1915 American play Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it won an award. In the 1950s it was remade twice: a 1956 West German film The Model Husband and a 1959 Swiss The Model Husband.
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Liebeneiner |
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| Music by | Hans Sommer |
| Cinematography | Werner Bohne |
| Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
Production company | Imagoton |
| Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
A London banker makes a business trip to Venice where he falls in love with a woman who thinks her friend is cheating. They marry, but she soon gets bored because he's the "model husband"—the way she wished previously: he barely looks at other women. In turn no woman shows interest in him. Moral of the story: she said she wished for the model husband but unconsciously desires a Don Juan. Once he understands, he acts like one (a little) and she falls in love again.
The film was censored for youth by the Nazis.
Partial cast
- Heinz Rühmann as Billy Bartlett
- Leny Marenbach as Margret Bartlett
- Hans Söhnker as Jack Wheeler
- Heli Finkenzeller as Doddy Wheeler
- Werner Fuetterer as Fred Evans
- Jola Jobst as Ellen Wilson
- Leopold von Ledebur as Sparkins
- Josi Holsten as Exotin
- Alexa von Porembsky as Mary
- Richard Ulrich as Georg
- Ernst Legal as Möbelpacker
References
- Hake p. 95
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.
- Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.