''Charley's Uncle'' (german: Charleys Onkel) is a 1969 West German
comedy film
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Gila von Weitershausen
Baroness Gila von Weitershausen (; born March 21, 1944) is a German actress. Born in Trebnitz (today Trzebnica), Lower Silesia, Germany (today Poland) into an aristocratic family, she has three brothers and two sisters and is the great-granddaugh ...
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Karl Michael Vogler
Karl Michael Vogler (28 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a German actor, probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films. In ''The Blue Max'' (1966), he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the ...
and Heidy Bohlen.Bock & Bergfelder, p. 252. The film was a loose adaptation of
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), ...
' 1892 play ''
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 inc ...
'' and depicts the bond between a young woman and her uncle.
Main cast
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Gila von Weitershausen
Baroness Gila von Weitershausen (; born March 21, 1944) is a German actress. Born in Trebnitz (today Trzebnica), Lower Silesia, Germany (today Poland) into an aristocratic family, she has three brothers and two sisters and is the great-granddaugh ...
as Carla Werner
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Karl Michael Vogler
Karl Michael Vogler (28 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a German actor, probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films. In ''The Blue Max'' (1966), he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the ...
as Boy Deisen
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Gustav Knuth
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Selected ...
as Kapitän Johann Tressplake
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Erna Sellmer
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as Cornelia Tressplake
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Gunther Philipp
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From 1949 to 2002 he appeared as an actor in 147 movies for cinema and television, mainly in comic roles. As an author, Philipp wrote 21 film scr ...
as Dr. Alfred Krusius
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Hubert von Meyerinck
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Biography
Meyerinck was born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, the son of Friedrich von Meyerinck (1858†...
as Fahrschulbesitzer
* Heidy Bohlen as Lilo Freddersen
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Heinz Erhardt
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Life
Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his ...
as Vertreter
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Willy Millowitsch
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Early life
Millowitsch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province. His parents were Peter ...
as Herr Rüttersbusch
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Ralf Wolter
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Life and career
Wolter began his long career on the B ...
as Polizist
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Edith Hancke
Edith Hancke (; 14 October 1928 – 4 June 2015) was a German stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Edith Hancke, daughter of a bank clerk, grew up in Berlin-Charlottenburg. She received an education at the Lettehaus and, at the ...
as Helga
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Rudolf Schündler
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After finishing the film ''The Nasty Girl'', Schündler died of a heart attack ...
as Dr. Brunn
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Loni Heuser
Loni Heuser (January 22, 1908 in Düsseldorf – March 6, 1999 in Berlin) was a German film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''Liebe in Uniform'' (1932)
* '' The Hour of Temptation'' (1936) - Barsängerin
* ''Abenteuer im Grandhotel'' (1943) - He ...
as Frau Müggel
*Achim Strietzel as Sonny
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Andrea Rau
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Her most well-known film appearance was in the 1971 Belgian erotic ...
as Dottie
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Karl Dall
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Family
Karl Dall was born in Emden, Germany, the son of ...