An Ideal Husband (1935 film)

An Ideal Husband (German:Ein idealer Gatte) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Brigitte Helm, Sybille Schmitz and Karl Ludwig Diehl. It is based on the 1895 play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde a sensitive and romantic comedy representing the 19th century. The adaptation is very faithful to the original work.^[1]

A romantic and sentimental comedy set at the turn of the 19th century, An Ideal Husband delves into themes of love, passion, and betrayal among the aristocracy.

Cast

Brigitte Helm - Lady Gertrud Chiltern
Sybille Schmitz - Gloria Cheveley
Karl Ludwig Diehl - Lord Robert Chiltern
Georg Alexander - Lord Arthur Goring
Anni Markart - Mabel Chiltern
Paul Henckels - Lord Caversham
Werner Scharf - Vicomte de Nanjac
Karl Dannemann - Parker, Oberingenieur
Heinz Förster-Ludwig - Mason, Diener bei Chiltern
Karl Platen - Phips, Diener bei Goring
Erich Walter - Montfort, Sekretär bei Chiltern
Hermann Frick - Vickers, Buchhalter

References

↑ Hull p.85

Bibliography

Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: a study of the German cinema, 1933-1945. University of California Press, 1969.

External links

An Ideal Husband at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Herbert Selpin

Antoinette (1932)
Chauffeur Antoinette (1932)
The Love Contract (1932)
Der Traum vom Rhein (1933)
Mädels von heute (1933)
Zwischen zwei Herzen (1934)
The Champion of Pontresina (1934)
The Riders of German East Africa (1934)
An Ideal Husband (1935)
Der grüne Domino (1935)
Le domino vert (1935)
Scandal at the Fledermaus (1936)
Game on Board (1936)
Romance (1936)
Alarm in Peking (1937)
The Marriage Swindler (1938)
Ich liebe dich (1938)
Sergeant Berry (1938)
Water for Canitoga (1939)
Ein Mann auf Abwegen (1940)
Trenck, der Pandur (1940)
Carl Peters (1941)
Geheimakte W.B.1 (1942)
Titanic (1943)

Works by Thea von Harbou

Films directed	Elisabeth und der Narr Hanneles Himmelfahrt

Films written	Das wandernde Bild Destiny The Indian Tomb The Burning Soil Dr. Mabuse the Gambler Phantom The Stone Rider Princess Suwarin The Grand Duke's Finances Die Nibelungen Michael Chronicles of the Gray House Metropolis Spione Woman in the Moon M The Marathon Runner The Testament of Dr. Mabuse Princess Turandot Turandot, Princess of China Der alte und der junge König An Ideal Husband The Impossible Woman Der Herrscher Don't Promise Me Anything The Broken Jug Covered Tracks The Woman at the Crossroads Hurrah! I'm a Father Clarissa Via Mala Dr. Holl

Novels written	Das indische Grabmal Metropolis The Rocket to the Moon

Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband

Films	An Ideal Husband (1935) An Ideal Husband (1947) An Ideal Husband (1999) An Ideal Husband (2000)

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