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Die Ungetreue

Original title: Unfaithfully Yours
  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
5.9K
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Die Ungetreue (1948)
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A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.

  • Director
    • Preston Sturges
  • Writer
    • Preston Sturges
  • Stars
    • Rex Harrison
    • Linda Darnell
    • Rudy Vallee
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    5.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Preston Sturges
    • Writer
      • Preston Sturges
    • Stars
      • Rex Harrison
      • Linda Darnell
      • Rudy Vallee
    • 57User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, and Barbara Lawrence in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Barbara Lawrence and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell, Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence, and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Kurt Kreuger, Barbara Lawrence, Lionel Stander, and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, and Kurt Kreuger in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell and Rex Harrison in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Barbara Lawrence and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Barbara Lawrence, and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)
    Linda Darnell, Rex Harrison, Barbara Lawrence, and Rudy Vallee in Die Ungetreue (1948)

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    Rex Harrison
    Rex Harrison
    • Sir Alfred De Carter
    Linda Darnell
    Linda Darnell
    • Daphne De Carter
    Rudy Vallee
    Rudy Vallee
    • August Henshler
    Barbara Lawrence
    Barbara Lawrence
    • Barbara Henshler
    Kurt Kreuger
    Kurt Kreuger
    • Tony Windborn
    Lionel Stander
    Lionel Stander
    • Hugo Standoff
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Detective Sweeney
    Al Bridge
    Al Bridge
    • House Detective
    • (as Alan Bridge)
    Julius Tannen
    Julius Tannen
    • O'Brien
    Torben Meyer
    Torben Meyer
    • Dr. Schultz
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Concert Attendee
    • (uncredited)
    Pati Behrs
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    George Beranger
    George Beranger
    • Maitre d'
    • (uncredited)
    Evelyn Beresford
    Evelyn Beresford
    • Madame Pompadour
    • (uncredited)
    Georgia Caine
    Georgia Caine
    • Dowager in Concert Box
    • (uncredited)
    James Carlisle
    • Concert Attendee
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Cartledge
    • Page Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Preston Sturges
    • Writer
      • Preston Sturges
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    • Trivia
      The camera zooms to a big close-up of Sir Rex Harrison's left eye just before fading to each of Alfred De Carter's infidelity fantasies. Harrison happened to be blind in that eye, the result of childhood measles.
    • Goofs
      The "recording machine" Rex Harrison was trying to use in his fantasy was not a recording machine at all but a Garrard RC-100 flip-over 1938 record changer.
    • Quotes

      Alfred: Have you ever heard of Russian Roulette?

      Daphne De Carter: Why, certainly. I used to play it all the time with my father.

      Alfred: I doubt that you played Russian Roulette all the time with your father!

      Daphne De Carter: Oh, I most certainly did. You play it with two decks of cards, and...

      Alfred: That's Russian Bank. Russian Roulette's a very different amusement which I can only wish your father had played continuously before he had you!

    • Connections
      Edited into Myra Breckinridge - Mann oder Frau? (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      Francesca da Rimini, Opus 32
      (1876) (uncredited)

      Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Ilystch Tchaikowski)

      Played during the opening credits, at the concert and often in the score

    User reviews57

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    8/10
    Hilarious romp with Harrison
    Rex Harrison comedy in films was mostly of the tongue and mind. He is known in most of his comedic roles for the witty quips, humorous repartee and funny dialog. While there's a smattering of that here, "Unfaithfully Yours" is mostly a departure from the normal Harrison persona. Here he is very funny for his antics and the fumbling, bumbling and pratfalls. He reminds one instantly of the Three Stooges and the Marx Brothers.

    Is this a dark comedy, as some think? Is it about the complications of operating modern gadgets? Is it a classical musical in some sense? No, I don't think it's any of these. It's just a straightforward comedy about the foibles and problems that marital jealousy and distrust can cause. And it takes serious pokes at such jealousy in the fantasies that Harrison has after he becomes suspicious of his wife.

    That his Sir Alfred De Carter might have dark daydreams about revenge or murder is offset quickly by the humorous situations that follow. And, what person hasn't at one time or another in life fantasized about getting even with someone, even by bumping them off? But only to laugh about such thoughts later? (There may be such a near perfect person or two, but even the best of my acquaintances have had such temptations in their lives.)

    A scene with complicating instructions for operating a home recorder seems just a counterpoint to Carter's fantasy about how easy and simple it would be to carry out such a dream. And, the classical music - well that is just the venue in which all of this can develop, because the thought of bumping off his wife was just as horrible to Carter as classical music seemed to Preston Sturges in real life.

    How do we know that? Because his wife, Sandy, tells us in an interview with the later DVD release of the movie. She says that Sturges "hated" classical music. He couldn't stand it. She said that they went to a concert one time in which he sat through the entire two-hour program. He railed against it afterwards, and Sandy said it led to his idea for this film. He would use the classical Mozart motif as a torturous undertone for the torturous fantasies brought on by jealousy. Only the humorous foibles would return Carter, the film and the viewers to normal for a spell.

    So, classical music lovers, don't take it personally, but the classical music overtone for this film was not intended as a kudos to the genre. Rather, it served as a vehicle for the clever Sturges to concoct and carry out a fanciful revenge and knocking off of his wife. It's in the several different ways and times that he tries and fails that make this movie such a very good comedy. The ending says it all.

    Personally, I enjoy classical as well as most forms of music. And I thought it served the purpose Sturges intended for this film and story quite well. All of the cast are very good, but this is a Harrison vehicle all the way.
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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1950 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Unfaithfully Yours
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 3, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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