''The Countess Died of Laughter'' (

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: ''Frau Wirtins tolle Töchterlein'',

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: ''Leva lo diavolo tuo dal... convento'') is a 1973 Austrian-Italian

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film 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 ...

. It is the final entry in Franz Antel's series '' Frau Wirtin'' and incorporates a great deal of archive footage from earlier films.

Plot

Susanne Delberg (

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 Terry Torday) who has become Countess Süderland dies under absurd circumstances. It is revealed that Susanne had a daughter, whom she had named heiress to her inheritance; however, her identity is obscured except for the fact that she was known to have been living in a convent. The handsome

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Vincent van der Straten ( Gabriele Tinti) is assigned to the task of uncovering the identity of the heiress. There are five possible candidates: Françoise (Maja Hoppe), Clarissa (

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as Femy Benussi), Susanne (

Sonja Jeannine Sonja Jeannine is a retired Austrian stage and film actress. Career Jeannine started her career with the ensemble Löwinger-Bühne and later passed to cinema, especially acting in sex report films directed by Ernst Hofbauer, such as three ''Schu ...

), Piroschka (Marika Mindzenthy), and Anselma (Alena Penz). Van der Straten decides to stay at the convent to find the real heiress but things soon prove to be difficult for him since all the candidates happen to be as raunchy as late Susanne.

Cast

as Susanne Delberg * Gabriele Tinti as Vincent van der Straaten *

as Clarissa *

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as Francoise * Marika Mindzenthy as Piroschka * Alena Penz as Anselma *

as Susanne *

Margot Hielscher Margot Hielscher (29 September 1919 – 20 August 2017) was a German singer and film actress. She appeared in over fifty films between and 1939 and 1994. Hielscher was born in Berlin. In 1957, she was chosen to represent Germany at the Eurovis ...

as Reverend Mother *

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 ...

as Antonius *

Kurt Großkurth Kurt Großkurth (or Grosskurth; 11 May 1909 – 29 May 1975) was a German actor and singer. Biography Grosskurth was born in Langenselbold, Germany, in 1909. He grew up in Rhineland-Palatinate. In the 1920s, he followed his father's wish and we ...

as Monk *

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as Monsieur Dulac *

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as Jussuf *

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as Farmer *

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as Governatore *

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as Anna *

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as Telltale Girl *

Erich Padalewski Erich Padalewski (1930–2018) was an Austrian stage, film and television actor.Schliesser & Moser p.83 Selected filmography * '' Dance with Me Into the Morning'' (1962) * ''Our Crazy Nieces'' (1963) * ''Don't Fool with Me'' (1963) * '' Call of ...

as Piroschka's Lover *

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as Nun *

Raoul Retzer Raoul Retzer (1919–1974) was an Austrian actor. Retzer was a prolific film actor appearing in more than a hundred and forty productions between 1952 and 1975 generally in small or supporting roles. He appeared in the 1955 film ''The Last Ten Day ...

as Osmin * Raimund Folkert as Florian

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