The Ideal Woman
| The Ideal Woman | |
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| Directed by | Josef von Báky |
| Written by | Hildegard Brücker Walter Forster Joachim Wedekind |
| Produced by | Utz Utermann |
| Starring | Ruth Leuwerik Martin Benrath Boy Gobert |
| Cinematography | Werner Krien |
| Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
| Music by | Georg Haentzschel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
Release date | 25 August 1959 |
Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Ideal Woman (German: Die ideale Frau) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Martin Benrath and Boy Gobert.[1] [2] Fanny Becker, the mayor of Rosenburg, meets a former lover and is tempted to resume her romance with him, but eventually decides to remain with her husband (the leader of the opposition in Rosenburg).
It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Fritz Maurischat. Location shooting took place around Landshut and in Monaco.
Cast[]
- Ruth Leuwerik as Fanny Becker
- Martin Benrath as Axel Jungk
- Boy Gobert as Jaroslaw Martini
- Friedrich Domin as Justizrat Becker
- Agnes Windeck as Frau Jungk
- Heinrich Gretler as Stadtrat Niggelmann
- Paul Hoffmann as Stadtdirektor Rechnitz
- Lukas Ammann as Butler
- Hellmuth Haupt as Toni Adam
- Käthe Itter as Anna
- Anette Karmann as Evi Niggelmann
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links[]
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- German-language films
- 1959 films
- 1959 comedy films
- German comedy films
- West German films
- 1950s German-language films
- Films directed by Josef von Báky
- Bavaria Film films
- Films shot at Bavaria Studios
- 1950s German film stubs