Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta

Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta
Directed byKarl Georg Külb
Written by
Produced by
  • Jochen Genzow
  • Rudolf Wischert
Starring
CinematographyErnst W. Kalinke
Edited byWalter Fredersdorf
Music byPeter Igelhoff
Production
company
Ariston Film
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 24 July 1953 (1953-07-24)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta ("Aunt Jutta from Calcutta") is a 1953 West German comedy film adapted from the play of the same name. It was directed by Karl Georg Külb and starred Viktor Staal, Ida Wüst, and Ingrid Lutz.[1]

Th film was made in Munich and its sets designed by the Norwegian art director Arne Flekstad.

Släkten är värst (Unfriendly Relations), a 1936 Swedish comedy film, was also based on the same play.

Synopsis

A city-dwelling bachelor lawyer invents a family to get financial support from his wealthy aunt. Complications arise when his aunt unexpected visits the city.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Fritsche, p. 175.

Bibliography

  • Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-946-6.