The Ideal Woman (1959)
A woman as mayor is quite unusual in Germany in the 1950s, but Dr. Fanny Becker is a lawyer with experience in local politics, which is why she gets elected mayor of Rosenburg.
Director:
Josef von Báky
Writer:
Walter Forster
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Ruth Leuwerik as Fanny Becker |
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Martin Benrath as Axel Jungk |
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Boy Gobert as Jaroslaw Martini |
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Agnes Windeck as Frau Jungk |
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Heinrich Gretler as Stadtrat Niggelmann |
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Lukas Ammann as Butler bei Martini |
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Friedrich Domin as Justizrat Becker, Fannys Vater |
| Directing | Josef von Báky | Director |
| Production | Utz Utermann | Producer |
| Sound | Georg Haentzschel | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Werner Krien | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz | Editor |
| Art | Hans Jürgen Kiebach | Art Direction |
| Art | Fritz Maurischat | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margot Schönberger | Costume Design |
| Writing | Walter Forster | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joachim Wedekind | Writer |
| Writing | Hildegard Brücker | Writer |