The Model Husband (1956 film)

{{Short description|1956 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Model Husband

| image =File:The Model Husband (1956 film).jpg

| caption =

| director = Erik Ode

| producer = {{ubl|Willy Laschinsky|Fritz Renner|Alfred Bittins}}

| writer = {{ubl|Helmuth M. Backhaus|Hanns H. Fischer|Jacob Geis}}

| based_on = {{based on|Fair and Warmer (play)|Avery Hopwood}}

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Harald Juhnke|Inge Egger|Theo Lingen|Gardy Granass}}

| music = Kurt Wege

| cinematography = Otto Baecker

| editing = Anneliese Artelt

| studio = Omega Film

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|1956|9|18|df=y}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

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The Model Husband ({{langx|de|Der Mustergatte}} or Kann ein Mann sooo treu sein...{{Cite web |title=Kann ein Mann sooo treu sein... |url=https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/31299/kann-ein-mann-sooo-treu-sein |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=www.filmdienst.de |language=de}}) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Erik Ode and starring Harald Juhnke, Inge Egger and Theo Lingen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 346 It is a remake of the 1937 film The Model Husband,{{Cite book |last=Blubacher |first=Thomas |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Drehort_Schweiz/yNWvEAAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Mustergatte+Suter&pg=PT400&printsec=frontcover |title=Drehort Schweiz: Filming Locations von Aarau bis Zwieselberg |date=2022-10-28 |publisher=Zytglogge Verlag |isbn=978-3-7296-2389-7 |language=de}} which was itself based on the 1915 Avery Hopwood play Fair and Warmer.{{Cite book |last=Rühmann |first=Heinz |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Ich_bin_ein_Anh%C3%A4nger_der_Stille/NJQaAQAAIAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Mustergatte+ode&dq=Mustergatte+ode&printsec=frontcover |title=Ich bin ein Anhänger der Stille: ein Gespräch mit Heinz Rühmann |date=1994 |publisher=Belleville |isbn=978-3-923646-53-1 |language=de}} The Film Lexicon found it "[s]ignificantly less funny than its predecessor.” As did other commentators.{{Cite book |last=Brocks |first=Manfred |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Chronik_1937/Qc5mAAAAMAAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&bsq=Erik+Ode%C2%A0Muster&dq=Erik+Ode%C2%A0Muster&printsec=frontcover |title=Chronik 1937 |date=1986 |publisher=1Buch GmbH |isbn=978-3-88379-076-3 |language=de}}