The Mad Aunts Strike Out

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The Mad Aunts Strike Out
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Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb
Written by Erich Tomek
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Heinz Hölscher
Edited by Traude Krappl-Maass
Music by Erwin Halletz
Production
companies
Distributed by Gloria Film
Release date
  • 24 September 1971 (1971-09-24)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
Language German

The Mad Aunts Strike Out (German : Die tollen Tanten schlagen zu) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter, and Mascha Gonska. [1] It is part of a series of cross-dressing comedies inspired by Charley's Aunt and Some Like It Hot .

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The film's sets were designed by Eberhard Schröder.

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References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 269

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