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The Ideal Woman

7.019591h 44mMovieComedy

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.

DirectorJosef von Báky
WritersHildegard Brücker·Joachim Wedekind
ProducerUtz Utermann

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Cast · Directed by Josef von Báky

RLRuth Leuwerik
Ruth Leuwerik
Fanny Becker
MBMartin Benrath
Martin Benrath
Axel Jungk
BG
Boy Gobert
Jaroslaw Martini
AWAgnes Windeck
Agnes Windeck
Frau Jungk
HGHeinrich Gretler
Heinrich Gretler
Stadtrat Niggelmann
LALukas Ammann
Lukas Ammann
Butler bei Martini
FDFriedrich Domin
Friedrich Domin
Justizrat Becker, Fannys Vater

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