Charley's Nieces
1974 film by Walter Boos
Charley's Nieces (German: Charlys Nichten) is a 1974 West German comedy film directed by Walter Boos and starring Josef Moosholzer, Bertram Edelmann and Massimo E. Melis. The film's title is a reference to Brandon Thomas's farce Charley's Aunt. It is also known by the alternative title of Confessions of a Sexy Photographer.
Synopsis
Three men disguise themselves as women in order to get jobs in a photographer's studio.
Cast
Josef Moosholzer as Max
Bertram Edelmann as Stefan
Massimo E. Melis as Luigi
Karel Otto as Charly Braun
Elke Boltenhagen as Gerlinde
Eva Gross as Resi
Patrizia Viotti as Claude
Orchidea de Santis as Dominique
Jean-Marie Dany as Li
Florian Endlicher as Jackyboy
Elisabeth Volkmann as Berta Schwarzkopf
Günther Kieslich as Albert Schwarzkopf
Nico Wolferstetter as Kurt Hellwig
Josef Fröhlich as Johann
Edgar Wenzel as Konrad
Marie Luise Lusewitz as Anna
Rosl Mayr as Frau Boesig
Ulrich Beiger as Dr. Stingl
Susanne Baer as Bernhardina
Hartmut Neugebauer as Knall
Anneliese Groebl as Dicke
Willy Schultes as Gerichtsvollzieher
Felicitas Peters as Kundin von Stefan
Doris Delaas as Kundin
Elke Deuringer as Kundin
Heinz Kopitz as Johannas Freund
Ursula Reit as Krankenschwester
References
Bibliography
Leslie Y. Rabkin. The Celluloid Couch: An Annotated International Filmography of the Mental Health Professional in the Movies and Television, from the Beginning to 1990. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
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