Lend Me Your Wife

Lend Me Your Wife

1958 · 83 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy

This is a light comedy from Edith Carlmar, Norways first woman director. It takes place in a company that sells baby toys. It is time to fill a leading position, and it is known the owner of the company only places married men on leading positions. This leads a young bachelor to "borrow" his best friends wife to have a chance at the position. This leads to a lot of comic misunderstandings, not the least because the owner of the company himself falls for the new young wife.

Directed by Edith Carlmar · Written by Otto Carlmar

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