The Uncle from America (German: Der Onkel aus Amerika) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Joe Stöckel.[1] It was based on a play by Ferdinand Altenkirch which had previously been made into the 1932 film No Money Needed.[2] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave and Walter Kutz.
| The Uncle from America | |
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| German | Der Onkel aus Amerika |
| Directed by | Carl Boese |
| Written by | Ferdinand Altenkirch (play) Curth Flatow Peter Paulsen |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Heinz Laaser |
| Starring | Hans Moser Georg Thomalla Joe Stöckel |
| Cinematography | Albert Benitz |
| Edited by | Johanna Meisel |
| Music by | Lotar Olias |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Prisma Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Cast edit
- Hans Moser as Thomas Theodor Hoffmann
- Georg Thomalla as Bodo Schmidt
- Joe Stöckel as Bankdirektor Brenner
- Grethe Weiser as Gertrud Hartung
- Waltraut Haas as Elisabeth Hartung
- Ethel Reschke as Elli, Sekretärin
- Ruth Stephan as Rosa, Dienstmädchen
- Arno Paulsen as Hermann Hartung
- Walter Gross as Haberland, Gerichtsvollzieher
- Wolfgang Neuss as Conferencier
- Joe Furtner
- Herbert Kiper as Rottmann, Sparkassendirektor
- Gert Kollat as Geissler, Hoteldirektor
- Ernst Sattler as Bürgermeister
- Erhard Ey-Steineck as Berndorf, Fabrikant
- Herbert Weissbach as Dr. Ernst
- Jur Arten
- Sunshine Quartett as singer
- Horst Winter as singer
- Agnes Windeck as Telefonpartner in England
References edit
- ^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 519. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- ^ Goble p.7
Bibliography edit
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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