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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. 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.
Original Release
10/13/1937
US Release
03/18/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leny Marenbach | Margret Bartlett |
Hans Söhnker | Jack Wheeler |
Heli Finkenzeller | Doddy Wheeler |
Werner Fuetterer | Fred Evans |
Jola Jobst | Ellen Wilson |
Leopold von Ledebur | Sparkins / Buchhalter Sparkins |
Josy Holsten | Exotin |
Alexa von Porembsky | Mary |
Georg H. Schnell | (as Schnell) |
Hans Stiebner | (as Stiebner) |
Directors
Writers
Heinz Rühmann, Avery Hopwood, Jacob Geis, Hans Albin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leny Marenbach | Margret Bartlett |
Hans Söhnker | Jack Wheeler |
Heli Finkenzeller | Doddy Wheeler |
Werner Fuetterer | Fred Evans |
Jola Jobst | Ellen Wilson |
Leopold von Ledebur | Sparkins / Buchhalter Sparkins |
Josy Holsten | Exotin |
Alexa von Porembsky | Mary |
Georg H. Schnell | (as Schnell) |
Hans Stiebner | (as Stiebner) |
Otto Matthies | (as Mathis) |
Werner Pledath | (as Pledath) |
Richard Ulrich | Georg |
Ernst Legal | Möbelpacker |
Eva Behmer | Zuschauerin beim Tennistraining |
Kimmo Virtanen | Trainer |
Michael von Newlinsky | Hardings Geschäftspartner |
Hans Albin | Jacks Freund in der Bar |
Walter Bechmann | Nebenrolle |
Liska Bonney | Engländerin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Ernst Lubitz | Executive Producer |
Herbert Engelsing | Executive Producer |
Herbert Engelsing | Producer |