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

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directed by

Ferdinand Dörfler Ferdinand Dörfler (born 18 December 1903 in Munich, died 4 June 1965) was a German screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1950) * '' The Midnight Venus'' (1951) * ''Monks, Girls and Hungarian Soldie ...

and starring

Joe Stöckel Josef "Joe" Stöckel (27 September 1894, Munich – 14 June 1959) was a German actor, screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Actor * '' The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927) * ''The Champion Shot'' (1932) * ''S.A.-Mann Brand'' (1933 ...

Grethe Weiser Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufactu ...

and Ingrid Pan. 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 fur

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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 * Ingrid Pan as Inge Koblanck *

Peer Schmidt Peer Eugen Georg Schmidt (11 March 1926; Erfurt, Weimar Germany – 8 May 2010; Berlin) was a German actor who specialized in films, television and dubbing. He is best known as the German voice of Gérard Philipe, Marlon Brando and Jean-Paul Belm ...

as Heinz Krämer * Georg Lehn as Fritz Schneider *

Ingeborg Cornelius Ingeborg Cornelius (born 1930) is an Austrian stage and film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media su ...

as Dolores Gonzales *

Oliver Hassencamp Oliver Hassencamp (1921–1988) was a German writer and actor.Goble p.685 Selected filmography Film adaptations *', directed by Franz Peter Wirth (1963, based on the novel ''Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn'') *''Shiverstone Castle, Burg S ...

as Fernando Gonzales * Ingrid Lutz as Barsängerin Kitty *

Erika von Thellmann Erika von Thellmann (1902–1988) was an Austrian actress who appeared in more than a hundred films and television series during her career.Fritsche p.254 Selected filmography * ''The Stone Rider'' (1923) * '' Marriage Strike'' (1935) *''The Gree ...

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 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 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'' ...

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.

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