When the Mad Aunts Arrive

When the Mad Aunts Arrive
When the Mad Aunts Arrive
Directed by	Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by	Kurt Nachmann; August Rieger;
Produced by	Ilse Kubaschewski
Starring	Rudi Carrell; Ilja Richter; Chris Roberts;
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Christine Brandt; Traude Krappl-Maass;
Music by	Gerhard Heinz; Werner Twardy;
Production; companies	Divina-Film; Lisa Film;
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release date	6 August 1970;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

When the Mad Aunts Arrive (German: Wenn die tollen Tanten kommen) is a 1970 West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter, and Chris Roberts.^[1] It is one of the films of the era inspired by the cross-dressing plot of Charley's Aunt.

The film was shot on location in Munich and the Wörthersee in Austria. The film's sets were designed by Eberhard Schröder.

Synopsis

Two men end up at a Carinthian hotel resort disguised as females. This leads to confusion in their romantic pursuit of women.

Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

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