Charley's Aunt
Directed byHans Quest
Written byGustav Kampendonk
Based onCharley's Aunt
by Brandon Thomas
Produced byKarl Mitschke
Kurt Ulrich
Heinz Willeg
Starring
CinematographyKurt Schulz
Edited byHermann Leitner
Music byFriedrich Schröder
Production
company
Imperial Filmproduktion
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
19 January 1956
Running time
89 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman
Box office4.9 million DM[1]

Charley's Aunt (German: Charleys Tante) is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Hans Quest and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Claus Biederstaedt.[2] It is an adaptation of the 1892 British play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.

It was made at the Spandau and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Kuhnert and Peter Schlewski. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Plot

Commercial Attaché Dr. Otto Dernburg came to Germany from South America for business negotiations. His eye falls on the attractive millionaire Carlotta Ramirez. But first he visits his younger brother Ralf, who lives in an attic apartment with his friend Charley. The two are expecting the attractive Swedes Ulla and Britta, but are afraid of their strict uncle Niels. Charley's unknown aunt, who also wanted to come, apologized at short notice. But Britta and Ulla don't want to stay alone with the two men.

For the sake of his brother and to save the evening, Dr. Dernburg as Charley's aunt. The situation becomes increasingly complicated when Charley's father and uncle Niels show up. However, the fake aunt manages to placate both of them. Finally, the real aunt appears, who is none other than Carlotta Ramirez. At first she is very piqued because the wrong aunt is wearing the dress that Dernburg's butler had stolen shortly before. She embarrasses the fake aunt, but doesn't let her get caught. Only when the women have left does Dr. Dernburg. The next day, Carlotta shows herself in the dress Dernburg wore the night before. She shows him that she saw through him, but doesn't hold grudges against him.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Germany's Top Grossers (Since World War Two)". Variety. 9 April 1958. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Bock & Bergfelder p.340

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.


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