The Double Husband

The Double Husband
Directed byFerdinand Dörfler
Written byRolf Dortenwald
Produced byFerdinand Dörfler
StarringJoe Stöckel
Grethe Weiser
Ingrid Pan
CinematographyErich Claunigk
Edited byJutta Hering
Music byPeter Igelhoff
Production
company
Dörfler-Filmproduktion
Distributed byDeutsche Film Hansa
Release date
  • 14 July 1955 (1955-07-14)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Double Husband (German: Der doppelte Ehemann) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler and starring Joe Stöckel, Grethe Weiser and Ingrid Pan.[1] [2] It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.

Synopsis

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Grethe Koblanck and her husband own a successful fur fashion house in Munich. However, she suspects of him of flirting with younger women including the South American Dolores. She employs a hidden camera to keep an eye on him, but discovering this he gets a doppelganger to take his place. Things go wrong when it turns out his double also has an interest in attractive women.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.519
  2. ^ "Der doppelte Ehemann | filmportal.de".

Bibliography

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  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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