The Double Husband (German: Der doppelte Ehemann) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Ferdinand Dörfler, starring Joe Stöckel, Grethe Weiser and Ingrid Pan.Bock & Bergfelder p.519 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich.
Synopsis Grethe Koblanck and her husband own a successful fur fashion house in Munich. She suspects him of flirting with younger women, including the South American Dolores. She employs a hidden camera to keep an eye on him. Upon 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
Bibliography Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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