---
title: 'The Uncle from America (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carl Boese'
released: '1953-01-26'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-uncle-from-america-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046144/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Uncle from America (1953)

1953 · 98 min · Comedy · West Germany, Germany

Original title: Der Onkel aus Amerika

## Synopsis

The Uncle from America is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Joe Stöckel. It was based on a play by Ferdinand Altenkirch which had previously been made into the 1932 film No Money Needed. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave and Walter Kutz.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carl Boese](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-boese)
- **Screenplay:** [Curth Flatow](https://cinepixo.com/people/curth-flatow)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lotar Olias](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotar-olias)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Albert Benitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-benitz)
- **Editor:** [Johanna Meisel](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-meisel)

## Cast

- [Agnes Windeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-windeck)
- [Georg Thomalla](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-thomalla)
- [Hans Moser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-moser)
- [Joe Furtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-furtner)
- [Herbert Kieper](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-kieper)
- [Ruth Stephan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-stephan)
- [Arno Paulsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/arno-paulsen)
- [Ernst Sattler](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-sattler)
- [Joe Stöckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-stockel)
- [Herbert Weißbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wei-bach)
- [Grethe Weiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/grethe-weiser)
- [Wolfgang Neuss](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-neuss)
- [Walter Gross](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gross)
- [Ethel Reschke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-reschke)
- [Waltraut Haas](https://cinepixo.com/people/waltraut-haas)

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