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An Ideal Husband (German: Ein idealer Gatte) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Brigitte Helm, Sybille Schmitz and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It is based on the 1895 play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, a sensitive and romantic comedy representing the 19th century. The adaptation by Thea von Harbou is very faithful to the original work.[1]

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An Ideal Husband
Directed by	Herbert Selpin
Written by	Oscar Wilde (play) Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Harry Dettmann
Starring	Brigitte Helm Sybille Schmitz Karl Ludwig Diehl
Cinematography	Emil Schünemann
Edited by	Lena Neumann
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	6 September 1935 (1935-09-06)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Artur Günther and Benno von Arent. Interiors were shot at Terra Film's Marienfelde Studios, while extensive location shooting took place in London.

Main cast

• Brigitte Helm as Lady Gertrud Chiltern
• Sybille Schmitz as Gloria Cheveley
• Karl Ludwig Diehl as Lord Robert Chiltern
• Georg Alexander as Lord Arthur Goring
• Anni Markart as Mabel Chiltern
• Paul Henckels as Lord Caversham
• Werner Scharf as Vicomte de Nanjac
• Karl Dannemann as Parker, Oberingenieur
• Heinz Förster-Ludwig as Mason, Diener bei Chiltern
• Karl Platen as Phips, Diener bei Goring
• Erich Walter as Montfort, Sekretär bei Chiltern
• Hermann Frick as Vickers, Buchhalter
• Toni Tetzlaff as Lady Markby
• Valy Arnheim as Angestellter im Palladium
• Hilde Maroff as Telefonistin
• Charles Willy Kayser as Chilterns Gast
• Ludwig Trautmann as Chilterns Gast

References

Bibliography

• Hull, David Stewart (1969). Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01489-3.

External links

• An Ideal Husband at IMDb

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