''The Model Husband'' (german: Der Mustergatte) is a 1959 Swiss

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directed by

Karl Suter Karl Suter (1926–1977) was a Swiss screenwriter and film director. He directed the 1967 Eurospy film ''Bonditis''.Cowie p.511 Selected filmography Director * ''The Model Husband (1959 film), The Model Husband'' (1959) * ''The Man in the Black D ...

and starring

Walter Roderer Walter Roderer (3 July 1920 – 8 May 2012) was a Swiss actor and screenwriter. He played several leading film roles including the 1959 comedy '' The Model Husband''.Goble p.228 Selected filmography Actor * '' Der 10. Mai'' (1957) * '' The M ...

, Silvia Frank and Hannes Schmidhauser.Luhr p. 542 It is a remake of the 1937 film '' The Model Husband'', which was itself based a 1915 play ''

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'' by Avery Hopwood. Another version '' The Model Husband'' had been made in West Germany in 1956.

Cast

as Willy Guggenbühl * Silvia Frank as Yvonne Leuenberger * Hannes Schmidhauser as Edi * Olga Gebhard as Margrit Guggenbühl * Richard Alexander as Roger Nyffeler *

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as Antonella *

Max Haufler Max Haufler (4 June 1910 – 25 June 1965) was a Swiss actor and film director. Partial filmography * ''Le règne de l'esprit malin'' (1938) - Criblet * ''Farinet ou l'or dans la montagne'' (1939) - Gendarm * ''Steibruch'' (1942) - Näppi * ' ...

as Möbelträger *

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as Kbi *

Ernst Stiefel Ernst Carl Stiefel ( ; 27 November 1907 – 3 September 1997) was a German American jurist. Of Jewish background, he left Nazi Germany in 1933. Born in Mannheim, he earned a doctorate in law from Heidelberg University in 1929 and started prac ...

as Jack

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* 1959 films Swiss comedy films 1959 comedy films Swiss German-language films Remakes of German films Films directed by Karl Suter {{Switzerland-film-stub