Charley's Aunt (1956)

Name: Charley's Aunt
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956-01-19
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler, Claus Biederstaedt, Walter Giller, Ruth Stephan

Charley's Aunt (1956), directed by Hans Quest, starring Heinz Rühmann and Hertha Feiler.

01/19/1956 BR Comedy 1h 30m

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Synopsis

Otto Dernburg is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged woman.

Kurt SchulzCinematography
Hans QuestDirector
Hermann LeitnerEditing
Kurt UlrichProducer

About the film

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. 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.

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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 travels 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 dresses up 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. Dr. Dernburg drops his disguise only after the women have left. The next day, Carlotta shows up in the dress Dernburg wore the night before. She shows him that she saw through him, but doesn't hold grudges against him.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Doctor Otto Dernburg

Hertha Feiler as Carlotta Ramirez

Claus Biederstaedt as Ralf Dernburg

Walter Giller as Charley Sallmann

Ruth Stephan as Mona

Bum Krüger as Peter

Hans Olden as Wolke

Ina Peters as Britta Nielsen

Elisa Loti as Ulla Bergström

Hans Leibelt as Niels Bergström

Paul Hörbiger as August Sallmann

Helmuth Rudolph as Consul general

Hilde von Stolz as Consul general's wife

Wolfgang Neuss as Head porter

Ewald Wenck as Hotel concierge

Wolfgang Condrus as bell boy

Wulf Rittscher as Night club owner

Wolfgang Völz as Police man

References

Bibliography

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

External links

Charley's Aunt at IMDb

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Trivia

It premiered on January 19, 1956, a Thursday.
It runs 1h30 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Charleys Tante".
This film's quiz has 10 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.