Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta

1953 film

Max Reimann (play)
Otto Schwartz (play)
Karl Georg Külb

Produced by

Jochen Genzow
Rudolf Wischert

Starring

Viktor Staal
Ida Wüst
Ingrid Lutz

CinematographyErnst W. KalinkeEdited byWalter FredersdorfMusic byPeter Igelhoff

Production
company

Ariston Film

Distributed byNeue Filmverleih

Release date

24 July 1953 (1953-07-24)

Running time

80 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Tante Jutta aus Kalkutta ("Aunt Jutta from Calcutta") is a 1953 West German comedy film adapted from the play of the same name. It was directed by Karl Georg Külb and starred Viktor Staal, Ida Wüst, and Ingrid Lutz.^[1]

Th film was made in Munich and its sets designed by the Norwegian art director Arne Flekstad.

Släkten är värst (Unfriendly Relations), a 1936 Swedish comedy film, was also based on the same play.

Cast

Viktor Staal as Dr. Hans Hannemann, Rechtsanwalt / Lawyer
Ida Wüst as Tante Jutta
Ingrid Lutz as Lilo
Gunther Philipp as Emil Brückner
Paul Westermeier as Bollerkopp
Bum Krüger as Ferdinand, Diener
Lucie Englisch as Lenchen
Dorit Kreysler as Baby
Gustav Waldau as Sanitätsrat Mummelmann
Fritz Lafontaine as Intendant
Waldemar Frahm as Amtsgerichtsrat
Alexander Ponto as Amtsanwalt
Walter Wehner as Gerichtsschreiber
Emiljosef Hunek as Gerichtsdiener
Franz Mehlers
Irene Fischer as Verkäuferin
Werner R. Heymann as Inspizient
Gustav Molander as Indisch gekleideter Herr

References

^ Fritsche, p. 175.

Bibliography

Fritsche, Maria (2013). Homemade Men in Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-0-85745-946-6.