The Model Husband (1959 film)
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The Model Husband | |
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Directed by | Karl Suter |
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Produced by | Erwin C. Dietrich |
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Cinematography | Rudolf Sandtner |
Edited by | René Martinet |
Music by | Hans Moeckel |
Production company | Urania Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | Swiss German |
The Model Husband (German: Der Mustergatte) is a 1959 Swiss comedy film directed by Karl Suter and starring Walter Roderer, Silvia Frank and Hannes Schmidhauser.[1] It is a remake of the 1937 film The Model Husband, which was itself based on a 1915 play Fair and Warmer by Avery Hopwood. Another version The Model Husband had been made in West Germany in 1956.
It is Suter's directorial debut.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Walter Roderer as Willy Guggenbühl
- Silvia Frank as Yvonne Leuenberger
- Hannes Schmidhauser as Edi
- Olga Gebhard as Margrit Guggenbühl
- Richard Alexander as Roger Nyffeler
- Giovanna D'Argenzio as Antonella
- Max Haufler as Möbelträger
- Michael Mike as Kbi
- Ernst Stiefel as Jack
Themes
[edit]The film contains element of slaptick comedy.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Luhr p. 542
- ^ Blubacher, Thomas (2022-10-28). Drehort Schweiz: Filming Locations von Aarau bis Zwieselberg (in German). Zytglogge Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7296-2389-7.
- ^ Luxembourgeus, Tage Tayfun Einar (2020-09-01). A Transboundary Cinema: Tunç Okan’s Trilogy of Im/Migration. Proverbial Elephant. ISBN 978-91-639-4421-5.
Bibliography
[edit]- Luhr, William, ed. (1987). World Cinema Since 1945. New York: Ungar. ISBN 978-0-8044-3078-4.
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