''My Aunt, Your Aunt'' () is a 1939 German

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Carl Boese Carl Eduard Hermann Boese (; 26 August 1887 – 6 July 1958) was a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''Farmer Borchardt'' (1917) * ''Donna Luci ...

and starring

Ralph Arthur Roberts Ralph Arthur Roberts (born Robert Arthur Schönherr; 2 October 1884 – 12 March 1940)Johannes Heesters Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters (5 December 1903 – 24 December 2011), known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the conce ...

, and

Olly Holzmann Olly Holzmann (1915–1995) was an Austrian dancer and film actress.Dassanowsky p.98 During the Second World War years, she appeared in films made by Wien-Film. Selected filmography * ''Hotel Sacher'' (1939) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Woma ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 191 It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio () (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of a ...

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Ernst H. Albrecht. Boese later directed a 1956 film of the same title.

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* 1939 films 1939 comedy films Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Carl Boese UFA GmbH films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios Films scored by Werner Bochmann German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub