The Uncle from America
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.
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| Directed by | Carl Boese |
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| Music by | Lotar Olias |
| Cinematography | Albert Benitz |
| Edited by | Johanna Meisel |
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| Distributed by | Prisma Film |
Release date | 26 January 1953 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave and Walter Kutz.
Cast
- 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
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 519
Bibliography
- Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
External links
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