Ein idealer Gatte (1935)

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Director:

Herbert Selpin

Writers:

Oscar Wilde (play)
Thea von Harbou (writer)

Release Date:

10 January 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Foreign Language Adaptation | Based On Novel | Based On Play

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
Babette Jenssen	...	Miss Harriet (as Babette Jensen)
Eva Schmid-Kayser	...	Betty, Lady Chilterns Zofe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Valy Arnheim	...	Angestellter im Palladium
Walter Bechmann	...	Butler bei Chiltern
Anita Düwell	...	Chilterns Gast
Rudolf Essek	...	Chilterns Gast
Kurt Felden	...	Chilterns Gast
Lutz Götz	...	Hotel-Etagenchef
Grete Hartmann	...	Chilterns Gast (as Gretel Hartmann)
William Huch	...	Diener bei Chiltern
Charles Willy Kayser	...	Chilterns Gast
Franz Klebusch
Wilhelm König		(as Wilhelm H. König)
Annemarie Korff	...	Chilterns Gast
Irmgard Krüger
Gräfin Sybille Lerchenfeld		(as Sybille von Lerchenfeld)
Hilde Maroff	...	Telefonistin
Irmgard Michael
Max Moll	...	Lehrling bei Chiltern
Rio Nobile	...	Diener bei Chiltern
Alfred Pussert
Annelie Reichau	...	Chilterns Gast
Arthur Reinhardt	...	Logenschließer im Palladium
Lucie Rhoden	...	Chilterns Gast
Ernst Rückert	...	Angestellter bei Chiltern (as Anton Ernst Rückert)
Hans Schneider	...	Chilterns Gast
Hedy Schwedenburg	...	Sekretärin bei Chiltern
Adi Solta	...	Arbeiter in Chilterns Werk
Toni Tetzlaff	...	Lady Markby
Willi Tholen	...	Diener
Ludwig Trautmann	...	Chilterns Gast
Hardy Vogdt	...	Angestellter bei Chiltern
Edith von Ebeling	...	Chilterns Gast
Elisabeth von Ruets	...	Chilterns Gast
Maria-Louise von Strantz	...	Chilterns Gast
Elfriede Wiere

Also Known As:

An Ideal Husband (USA) (informal English title)

Runtime:

Germany:85 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Tobis-Klangfilm)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Terra-Film

Trivia:

This was the last film for Brigitte Helm. The rise of the National Socialist Party and their control of the film industry caused her to emigrate to Switzerland and never make another film.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Tanz mit dem Tod: Der Ufa-Star Sybille Schmitz (2000) (TV)