The Wrong Husband

The Wrong Husband
Directed byJohannes Guter
Written by
Produced byBruno Duday
Starring
CinematographyConstantin Mick
Edited byCarl Hoffmann
Music byNorbert Glanzberg
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 27 March 1931 (1931-03-27)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Wrong Husband (German: Der falsche Ehemann) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Johannes Riemann, Maria Paudler and Gustav Waldau.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin and on location in Saint Moritz.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. The future director Billy Wilder worked on the film's screenplay.[3]

Synopsis

Peter and Paul Hanneman are identical twin brothers with very different personalities. Peter is a manufacturer of sleeping pills, whose marriage to Ruth is under strain and whose business is struggling due to his reserved manner. His hyper-energetic brother Paul decides to help him out by taking his place for a while. This leads to a series of misunderstandings and confusions both with Ruth and with Paul's girlfriend Ines. Paul decides to replace the sleeping medicine and being producing a new invigorating drug. The Argentine millionaire Hardegg, the father of ines, kidnaps Peter who he mistakes for Paul and brings him to a Swiss ski resort to make him marry his daughter.

Cast

References

Bibliography

  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1931. Klaus-Archiv, 2006.
  • Sikov, Ed. On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder. Hyperion, 1999.
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