The Double Husband

1955 film
  • 14 July 1955 (1955-07-14)
Running time
95 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

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

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

  • Joe Stöckel as Otto Koblanck / August Schmitt
  • Grethe Weiser as Grethe Koblanck
  • Ingrid Pan as Inge Koblanck
  • Peer Schmidt as Heinz Krämer
  • Georg Lehn as Fritz Schneider
  • Ingeborg Cornelius as Dolores Gonzales
  • Oliver Hassencamp as Fernando Gonzales
  • Ingrid Lutz as Barsängerin Kitty
  • Erika von Thellmann as Klothilde Kümmerling, Directrice
  • Ellen Hille as Klara Berger
  • Alfred Schrempf as Paul - ihr Zwilling
  • Christine Koschkar as Linchen - ihr Zwilling
  • Carla Hagen as Anna, Mädchen
  • Joseph Offenbach as Gerichtsvollzieher
  • Wastl Witt as Taxichauffeur
  • Elise Aulinger as Fürsorgebeamtin
  • Eduard Linkers as Bachwitz
  • Werner Lieven as Hotelportier
  • Leo Siedler as Hotelmanager

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.519
  2. ^ https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-doppelte-ehemann_6de1f3c9a4114d3a85c90e57440ac4ee

Bibliography

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