When the Mad Aunts Arrive
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Directed by | Franz Josef Gottlieb |
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Produced by | Ilse Kubaschewski |
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Cinematography | Heinz Hölscher |
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Music by | |
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Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
When the Mad Aunts Arrive (German: Wenn die tollen Tanten kommen) is a 1970 West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter, and Chris Roberts.[1] In one of a group of films during the era inspired by the cross-dressing plot of Charley's Aunt, two men end up at a Carinthian hotel resort disguised as females. This leads to confusion during their romantic pursuit of woman.
The film was shot on location in Munich and the Wörthersee in Austria. The film's sets were designed by .
Cast[]
- Rudi Carrell as Rudi
- Ilja Richter as Paul Förster
- Chris Roberts as André
- Andrea Rau as Bronja
- Christian Anders as Christian
- as Eva Winter
- as Fritzi
- as Uschi
- as Muschi
- Doris Kirchner as Frau Himmelreich
- Rainer Basedow as Inspektor Grassinger
- Raoul Retzer as Beppo
- Jochen Busse as Ted Cocci
- Alexander Grill as Kellner
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Mr. Storz
- Gunther Philipp as Poldi
- Graham Bonney as Himself
- as Himself
References[]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 269
Bibliography[]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1970 films
- German-language films
- 1970s musical comedy films
- German musical comedy films
- West German films
- Films directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb
- Films scored by Gerhard Heinz
- Constantin Film films
- Cross-dressing in film
- 1970 comedy films
- 1970s German film stubs
- Musical comedy film stubs