''My Father, the Ape and I'' (German: ''Mein Vater, der Affe und ich'') is a 1971 Austrian-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

Franz Antel Franz Antel (28 June 1913 – 11 August 2007) was a veteran Austrian filmmaker. Born in Vienna, Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the ...

and starring Gerhart Lippert,

Mascha Gonska Mascha Gonska (born 19 November 1952) is a German film actress.Goble p.155 She was born in France to Polish parents. Selected filmography * ' (1969), as "Herzblatt" * ''The Sex Nest'' (1970), as Luise Zibell * ' (1970), as Gaby * ' (1970), as Ing ...

Paul Löwinger Paul Löwinger (10 November 1904 – 17 December 1988) was an Austrian actor, theatre manager and writer. While still a child, he performed on his parents' stage, the Löwinger Bühne. In 1938 they were probably the first theatre ensemble which ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

Nino Borghi.

Cast

*Gerhart Lippert as Dr. Klaus Wolf *

as Brigitte 'Biggi' Hansen *

Teri Tordai Teri Tordai (born 28 December 1941) is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in a large number of European films, including a number of costume films made in the late 1960s and early 1970s, especially '' Frau Wirtin'' series of Franz Antel, wh ...

as Ruth *

Gunther Philipp Gunther Philipp (8 June 1918 – 2 October 2003) was an Austrian film actor, physician and swimmer. 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 Prof. Dr. Felix Grimm *

as Kranzl *

Beppo Brem Beppo Brem (11 March 1906 in Munich, German Empire – September 5, 1990 in Munich, West Germany) was a German film actor, who was in over 200 film and television productions between 1932 and 1990. He often played stereotypically Bavarian characte ...

as Engelbert * Lotte Ledl as Karin *

Eva Maria Meineke Eva Maria Meineke (8 October 1923 - 7 May 2018) was a German actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 2008, including ''Yesterday Girl'' and ''Something for Everyone ''Something for Everyone'' is a 1970 American blac ...

as Mrs. Finch *

Fritz Muliar Fritz Muliar, born as Friedrich Ludwig Stand (December 12, 1919 – May 4, 2009), was an Austrian actor who, due to his huge popularity, is often referred to by his countrymen as ''Volksschauspieler''. Biography Born in Neubau, Vienna as the s ...

as Smekal *Carlo Böhm as Hotel doorman *

Heinz Reincke Karl-Heinz Reincke (28 May 1925 – 13 July 2011) was a German-born actor, long-based in Vienna. Selected filmography Films *'' A Heart Returns Home'' (1956) - Besselmann *''Confessions of Felix Krull'' (1957) - Stanko *''Tolle Nacht'' (1957) ...

as Konsul Hansen *

Michael Holm Michael Holm (born Lothar Walter; on 29 July 1943) is a German singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. He is primarily known as a singer of Schlager music. Although his first appearance in the hit parade was in 1962 ("Lauter Schöne ...

as Self

References

External links

* 1971 comedy films German comedy films Austrian comedy films West German films Films directed by Franz Antel Films scored by Gerhard Heinz Films about apes Constantin Film films 1970s German-language films 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub