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An Ideal Husband

1958-06-08 · 100 min · ★ 10.0

Comedy

Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

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Directors
Hanns Farenburg
Production companies
Nord- und Westdeutscher Rundfunkverband (NWRV)
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Marius GoringMarius GoringLord Goring
Albert LievenAlbert LievenSir Robert Chiltern
Hilde WeissnerHilde WeissnerGertrude, Lady Chiltern
Maria KörberMaria KörberMabel Chiltern
Ruth HausmeisterRuth HausmeisterMrs Cheveley
Paul HenckelsLord Caversham
Ilde OverhoffLady Markby
Peter FrankPeter FrankPhipps
Ingrid von RothmerLady Marchmont
Elfi KaehlerLady Basildon
Florent AntonyVicomte de Naujac
Walter GrütersMason

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