The Model Husband (1959 film)

The Model Husband
The Model Husband
Directed by	Karl Suter
Written by	Avery Hopwood (play); Hans Gmür ; Walter Roderer ; Karl Suter;
Produced by	Erwin C. Dietrich
Starring	Walter Roderer ; Silvia Frank ; Hannes Schmidhauser ; Olga Gebhard ;
Cinematography	Rudolf Sandtner
Edited by	René Martinet
Music by	Hans Moeckel
Production; company	Urania Filmproduktion
Release date	27 August 1959;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	Swiss German

Last updated March 12, 2025

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.

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

The Model Husband at IMDb

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[1] Luhr p. 542

[2] Blubacher, Thomas (2022-10-28). Drehort Schweiz: Filming Locations von Aarau bis Zwieselberg (in German). Zytglogge Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7296-2389-7.

[3] 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.

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