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
- 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
The film contains element of slaptick comedy.[3]
References
- ^ 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
- Luhr, William, ed. (1987). World Cinema Since 1945. New York: Ungar. ISBN 978-0-8044-3078-4.
External links
You must be logged in to post a comment.