My Wife, the Impostor

My Wife, the Impostor
Directed byKurt Gerron
Written by
Produced byJoseph Than
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byConstantin Mick
Music byWilly Kollo
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 18 September 1931 (1931-09-18)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

My Wife, the Impostor (German: Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Kurt Gerron and starring Heinz Rühmann, Käthe von Nagy and Fritz Grünbaum.[1] It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle. A separate French-language version was also made, with a different cast.

Synopsis

Peter is an easygoing bank clerk but his wife Jutta has much grander ambitions for her husband. When she meets the sausage manufacturer Marty, she pretends that Peter is in fact the director of the bank. This seems a stroke of good fortune for Marry as his business is struggling and the assistance of a powerful banker could help. To maintain the ruse Jutta takes him to a luxury hotel. There she encounters the singer Ileana, the wife of a wealthy mustard producer. Spotting a potential combination, she masterminds a merger between the two concerns. To cap it all Peter is now given an important job in the management of the new joint factory.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Hake p. 95

Bibliography

  • Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.
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