''Charley's Nieces'' (german: Charlys Nichten) is a 1974 West German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Walter Boos and starring

Josef Moosholzer Josef Moosholzer (1932–2004) was a German film and television actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media su ...

Bertram Edelmann Bertram may refer to: Places *Bertram, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Australia *Bertram, Iowa, United States, a city *Bertram, Texas, United States, a city *Bertram Building, a historic building in Austin, Texas *Bertram Glacier, Palmer Lan ...

and Massimo E. Melis.Rabkin p.289 The film's title is a reference to

Brandon Thomas Brandon Thomas may refer to: *Brandon Thomas (playwright) (1848–1914), English actor and playwright who wrote the hit farce, ''Charley's Aunt'' *Brandon Thomas (musician) (born 1980), American rock band singer *Brandon Thomas (American football), ...

's farce ''

Charley's Aunt ''Charley's Aunt'' is a farce in three acts written by Brandon Thomas. The story centres on Lord Fancourt Babberley, an undergraduate whose friends Jack and Charley persuade him to impersonate the latter's aunt. The complications of the plot in ...

''. It is also known by the

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of ''Confessions of a Sexy Photographer''. Three men disguise themselves as women in order to get jobs in a photographer's studio.

Cast

as Max *

as Stefan * Massimo E. Melis as Luigi *

Karel Otto Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * Gr ...

as Charly Braun * Elke Boltenhagen as Gerlinde *

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as Resi *

Patrizia Viotti Patrizia Viotti (1950–1994) was an Italian glamour model and film actress. She first gained attention in 1969 through her relationship with the singer Mal Ryder, who she met at the Piper Club in Rome , established_title = Founded , ...

as Claude * Orchidea de Santis as Dominique * Jean-Marie Dany as Li * Florian Endlicher as Jackyboy *

Elisabeth Volkmann Elisabeth Volkmann (; 16 March 1936 – 27 July 2006) was a German actress and comedian, best known for her part in the German absurd comedy series ' (1973–1979), which was watched by millions of viewers in Germany Günther Kieslich Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse ''gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gu ...

as Albert Schwarzkopf * Nico Wolferstetter as Kurt Hellwig * Josef Fröhlich as Johann *

Edgar Wenzel Edgar Wenzel (1919–1980) was a Romanian-born German actor.Johnson & Miller p.116 Selected filmography * ''The Scarlet Baroness'' (1959) * ''Snow White and the Seven Jugglers'' (1962) * ''The Puzzle of the Red Orchid'' (1962) * '' The Seventh Vi ...

as Konrad * Marie Luise Lusewitz as Anna * Rosl Mayr as Frau Boesig *

Ulrich Beiger Ulrich Beiger (26 August 1918 – 18 September 1996) was a German actor. Selected filmography * '' The Little Residence'' (1942) - Möller * '' The Trip to Marrakesh'' (1949) - Mixer * '' Sensation in Savoy'' (1950) - young Indian * '' Scandal ...

as Dr. Stingl *

Susanne Baer Susanne Baer, FBA (born 16 February 1964) is a German legal scholar and one of the 16 judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. Baer has been the William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School since wi ...

as Bernhardina * Hartmut Neugebauer as Knall * Anneliese Groebl as Dicke *

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as Gerichtsvollzieher * Felicitas Peters as Kundin von Stefan * Doris Delaas as Kundin * Elke Deuringer as Kundin * Heinz Kopitz as Johannas Freund * Ursula Reit as Krankenschwester

References

Bibliography

* Leslie Y. Rabkin. ''The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990''. Scarecrow Press, 1998.

External links

* 1974 films 1970s sex comedy films West German films German sex comedy films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Walter Boos Constantin Film films 1974 comedy films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub