Charley's Aunt (1956 film)

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 (1956-01-19)
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.

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