The Model Husband (1956 film)

The Model Husband (German: Der Mustergatte or Kann ein Mann sooo treu sein...^[1]) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Harald Juhnke, Inge Egger and Theo Lingen.^[2] It is a remake of the 1937 film The Model Husband,^[3] which was itself based on the 1915 Avery Hopwood play Fair and Warmer.^[4] The Film Lexicon found it "[s]ignificantly less funny than its predecessor.”^[1] As did other commentators.^[5]

Directed byErik Ode

Written by

• Helmuth M. Backhaus
• Hanns H. Fischer
• Jacob Geis

Based on

Fair and Warmer (play)
by Avery Hopwood

Produced by

• Willy Laschinsky
• Fritz Renner
• Alfred Bittins

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The Model Husband
Directed by	Erik Ode
Written by	Helmuth M. Backhaus Hanns H. Fischer Jacob Geis
Based on	Fair and Warmer (play) by Avery Hopwood
Produced by	Willy Laschinsky Fritz Renner Alfred Bittins
Starring	Harald Juhnke Inge Egger Theo Lingen Gardy Granass
Cinematography	Otto Baecker
Edited by	Anneliese Artelt
Music by	Kurt Wege
Production company	Omega Film
Release date	18 September 1956 (1956-09-18)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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