''The Double Husband'' (German: ''Der doppelte Ehemann'') is a 1955 West German

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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. https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-doppelte-ehemann_6de1f3c9a4114d3a85c90e57440ac4ee It was shot at the

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Synopsis

Grethe Koblanck and her husband own a successful

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house in

. However she suspects of him of flirtation with younger woman including the

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Dolores. She employs a

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to keep an eye on him, but 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 woman.

Cast

as Otto Koblanck / August Schmitt *

as Grethe Koblanck *

as Inge Koblanck *

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as Heinz Krämer *

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as Fritz Schneider *

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as Dolores Gonzales * Oliver Hassencamp as Fernando Gonzales *

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as Barsängerin Kitty *

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as Klothilde Kümmerling, Directrice *

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as Klara Berger *

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as Paul - ihr Zwilling *

Christine Koschkar Christine may refer to: People * Christine (name), a female given name Film * ''Christine'' (1958 film), based on Schnitzler's play ''Liebelei'' * ''Christine'' (1983 film), based on King's novel of the same name * ''Christine'' (1987 fi ...

as Linchen - ihr Zwilling *

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as Anna, Mädchen *

Joseph Offenbach Joseph Offenbach (born ''Joseph Ziegler''; 28 December 1904 – 15 October 1971) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 1969. Selected filmography References External links * * 1904 births 1 ...

as Gerichtsvollzieher *

Wastl Witt Wastl Witt (20 July 1882, Hausham – 21 December 1955, Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''S.A.-Mann Brand'' (1933) * '' There Were Two Bachelors'' (1936) * '' The Vagabonds'' (1937) * '' Der arme Millionär'' (1939) * '' Th ...

as Taxichauffeur *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * ''What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * ''The Seventh Son'' (1 ...

as Fürsorgebeamtin *

Eduard Linkers Eduard Linkers (11 October 1912 – 3 April 2004) was an Austrian actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1936 and 1988. Life He was born as Eduard Linker to a family of Jewish descent in Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary. He studied act ...

as Bachwitz *

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as Hotelportier * Leo Siedler as Hotelmanager

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1955 films 1955 comedy films German comedy films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Ferdinand Dörfler 1950s German films Films shot at Bavaria Studios Films set in Munich {{1950s-Germany-film-stub