''Tante Wanda aus Uganda'' ("Aunt Wanda from Uganda") is a 1957 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

Géza von Cziffra Géza von Cziffra (; 19 December 1900 – 28 April 1989) was a Hungarian and Austrian film director and screenwriter. Life Cziffra was a Banat German in origin, born in 1900 in Arad in the Banat region, at that date in the Kingdom of Hungary ...

and starring

Grethe Weiser Grethe Weiser (; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress. Biography Born in Hanover, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufactu ...

Georg Thomalla Georg Thomalla (14 February 1915 – 25 August 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in about one hundred fifty film and television productions between 1939 and 2000 and was widely known in Germany for his comedic roles. Thomalla was well k ...

and

Lucie Englisch Lucie Englisch (8 February 1902, in Baden bei Wien – 12 October 1965) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the actor Heinrich Fuchs. Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * ''Three Days Confined to Barracks'' (1930 ...

. The screenplay concerns a strong-willed woman who returns from Uganda and puts the lives of her family in order.

Cast

as Wanda Ramirez *

as Jonas Edelmuth *

as Rosa von Zeller *

Ingmar Zeisberg Ingmar Zeisberg (born 17 February 1933) is a German actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 1954. Selected filmography References External links * 1933 births Living people German film actresses 20th-century German a ...

as Lilli von Zeller *

Rudolf Platte Rudolf Antonius Heinrich Platte (12 February 1904 – 18 December 1984) was a German actor. Biography Born in Hörde, Westphalia (today part of Dortmund) the son of a merchant, his family moved to Hildesheim three years later. Rudolf left scho ...

as Karl von Zeller *Eveline Bey * Al Hoosmann as Tarzan *Hans Jürgen Diedrich as Postman Müller *

Franz-Otto Krüger Franz-Otto Krüger (1 April 1917 – 17 March 1988) was a German film and television actor. Krüger already started his acting at Berlin theatres in 1934, but his career was interrupted by his service in the Second World War. He appeared in over ...

as Detective *Bruno W. Pantel as Kampfveranstalter

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* West German films German comedy films 1957 comedy films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Géza von Cziffra UFA GmbH films 1950s German films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub