The Ideal Woman (German: Die ideale Frau) is a 1959 West German comedy film directed by Josef von Báky and starring Ruth Leuwerik, Martin Benrath and Boy Gobert.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Fritz Maurischat.

Location shooting took place around Landshut and in Monaco.

Fanny Becker, the mayor of Rosenburg, meets a former lover and is tempted to resume her romance with him, but eventually decides to remain with her husband (the leader of the opposition in Rosenburg).

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