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The Model Husband (1937 film)

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'The Model Husband' is a 1937 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Heinz Rhmann, Leny Marenbach, and Hans Shnker.Hake p. 95 It is based on a 1915 American play 'Fair and Warmer' by Avery Hopwood. The film was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it won an award. In the 1950s it was remade twice: a 1956 West German film 'The Model Husband' and a 1959 Swiss 'The Model Husband'.

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A London banker makes a business trip to Venice where he falls in love with a woman who thinks her friend is cheating. They marry, but she soon gets bored because he's the "model husband"the way she wished previously: he barely looks at other women. In turn no woman shows interest in him. Moral of the story: she said she wished for the model husband but unconsciously desires a Don Juan. Once he understands, he acts like one (a little) and she falls in love again.

The film was censored for youth by the Nazis.

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