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My Wife (1931)

My Wife poster
Original title
Meine Frau, die Hochstaplerin
Directed by
Kurt Gerron
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married man gets into trouble when his wife pretends to be someone else. The story follows the comedic chaos that results from this imposture.

lightheartedplayfulfarcicalenergeticcomicbreezywhimsical

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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