Charley's Aunt (1963)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Charley's aunt |
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Géza from Cziffra |
| script | Gustav Kampendonk |
| production | Sascha movie |
| music | Johannes Fehring |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Arnfried Heyne |
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Charley's Aunt is an Austrian comedy film from 1963 directed by Géza von Cziffra with Peter Alexander in the lead role. Like many other films before it, the film is based on the charley aunt of Brandon Thomas ' farce , which has been relocated to the present day.
action
At the general assembly of a large business syndicate, to which the young diplomat Dr. Otto Wilder came to Vienna especially from South America, he met the attractive, widowed main shareholder of the company, Carlotta Ramirez, of whom he was immediately taken.
On the evening of the same day, Otto Wilder slips into women's clothes to do his younger brother Ralf and his friend Charley a favor. Since the two of them need a chaperone for a rendezvous with the two attractive Swedes Britta and Ulla , Otto poses as Charley's aunt from Brazil .
The bachelors get into trouble when Ulla's strict father, who is also Britta's uncle, and then Charley's sire show up uninvited to the party. The two more sedate gentlemen advertise the alleged thoroughbred woman without hesitation.
Finally, Charley's real aunt, Carlotta Ramirez, comes by, who notices that the wrong aunt is wearing her dress and embarrasses her. But it wasn't until the party was over that Dr. Wilder in front of the terrified gentlemen his true identity. He has won Carlotta's favor anyway.
background
- The film was shot in Vienna, in the studio " Atelier Rosenhügel " of Wien-Film GmbH , as well as in some of the city's original locations .
Songs
- Aquarela do Brasil (German version, Peter Alexander)
- Jackie only does that when the moon is shining (Peter Alexander) - Note: The title was released in 1964 on the Piccolo Party LP .
- Oh, please be careful (Peter Alexander) - Note: The title was cut in the TV version, but can be heard on the DVD version.
Reviews
The "aunt", mimed by the 1.85 meter tall Peter Alexander and further lengthened with high heels and a helmet-shaped wig, did not look exactly ladylike, but rather was laid out as a joke. This interpretation of the title character split the film critics :
- The most violent rejection came from the Catholic film service : “Austrian variation of the harmless disguise swank - this time a diplomat is putting on the women's costume. A bottomless stupid philistine amusement. "
- The Protestant film observer blows in the same horn : "Second remake of the 'classic' comedy of confusion, this time Austrian and with Peter Alexander: banal, flat, frivolous and ... not advisable."
- The Rheinische Post (1983) also came to a negative judgment. Geza von Cziffras staging shows Peter Alexander "downright silly and elated as a South American diplomat in all sorts of entanglements".
- On the other hand, the gong lexicon found: "Although Peter Alexander does not trigger laughter, the comedy of confusion is nevertheless quite amusing."
- The Bund , Bern, came to an even more positive verdict: "The game is staged at high speed, which gives the film freshness."
Web links
- Charley's Aunt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Charley's aunt at Filmportal.de
- Original film program
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Charley's aunt . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2009 (PDF; test number: 30 793 V / DVD / UMD).
- ↑ Charley's aunt. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Evangelischer Presseverband Munich, Review No. 573/1963
- ^ A b c Manfred Hobsch: Love, Dance and 1000 Schlagerfilme , 1998, p. 175