The Ideal Woman

For the French film, see The Ideal Woman (1934 film).

The Ideal Woman
Directed by	Josef von Báky
Written by	Hildegard Brücker Walter Forster Joachim Wedekind
Produced by	Utz Utermann
Starring	Ruth Leuwerik Martin Benrath Boy Gobert
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz
Music by	Georg Haentzschel
Production company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	25 August 1959 (1959-08-25)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Ideal Woman (German: Die ideale Frau) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Martin Benrath and Boy Gobert.[1] [2] It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Fritz Maurischat. Location shooting took place around Landshut and in Monaco.

Synopsis

Fanny Becker, the mayor of Rosenburg, meets a former lover and is tempted to resume her romance with him, but eventually decides to remain with her husband (the leader of the opposition in Rosenburg).

Cast

• Ruth Leuwerik as Fanny Becker
• Martin Benrath as Axel Jungk
• Boy Gobert as Jaroslaw Martini
• Friedrich Domin as Justizrat Becker
• Agnes Windeck as Frau Jungk
• Heinrich Gretler as Stadtrat Niggelmann
• Paul Hoffmann as Stadtdirektor Rechnitz
• Lukas Ammann as Butler
• Hellmuth Haupt as Toni Adam
• Käthe Itter as Anna
• Anette Karmann as Evi Niggelmann

References

1. BFI.org
2. Bock & Berfgelder p.24

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Ideal Woman at IMDb