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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Cinematography | Werner Bohne |
Edited by | Gustav Lohse |
Music by | Hans Sommer |
Production company | Imagoton |
Distributed by | Tobis Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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.
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