Charley's Aunt (1956)

Original title

Charleys Tante

Directed by

Hans Quest

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young men need a chaperone to meet their sweethearts. They convince a male friend to impersonate one of their aunts, leading to a series of comic misunderstandings.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulcomicalbriskwarmsillyperiod

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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