The Mad Aunts Strike Out

The Mad Aunts Strike Out
Directed by	Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by	Erich Tomek
Produced by	Karl Spiehs Walter Traut
Starring	Rudi Carrell Ilja Richter Mascha Gonska
Cinematography	Heinz Hölscher
Edited by	Traude Krappl-Maass
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Production companies	Divina-Film Lisa-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	24 September 1971
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Mad Aunts Strike Out (German: Die tollen Tanten schlagen zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter and Mascha Gonska. It is part of a series of cross-dressing comedies inspired by Charley's Aunt and Some Like It Hot.

The film's sets were designed by Eberhard Schröder.

Cast

• Rudi Carrell as Rudi Carnera
• Ilja Richter as Andy Braus
• Mascha Gonska as Eva Wiedemann
• Theo Lingen as Dr. Theo Schatz
• Hans Kraus as Hans Müller
• Gunther Philipp as Bruno Kargel
• Trude Herr as Trude Moll
• Klaus Wildbolz as Manfred Böll
• Elisabeth Krogh as Margit Wiedemann
• Margot Mahler as Guggi
• Jacques Herlin as Eddy Stubenrauch
• Gretl Schörg as Irene Wiedemann
• Hans Terofal
• Jane Tilden
• Marion Forster
• Bueno De Mesquita
• Daniel Gérard as Sänger
• Peter Orloff as Sänger
• Wolfgang as Sänger

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Mad Aunts Strike Out at IMDb