The Uncle from America

The Uncle from America
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	CCC Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	26 January 1953 (1953-01-26)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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.

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

1. 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.
2. Goble p.7

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• The Uncle from America at IMDb