---
title: 'When the Mad Aunts Arrive (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franz Josef Gottlieb'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/when-the-mad-aunts-arrive-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066556/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# When the Mad Aunts Arrive (1970)

1970 · 95 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Wenn die tollen Tanten kommen

## Synopsis

When the Mad Aunts Arrive is a 1970 West German musical comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Rudi Carrell, Ilja Richter, and Chris Roberts. It is one of the films of the era inspired by the cross-dressing plot of Charley's Aunt.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franz Josef Gottlieb](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-josef-gottlieb)
- **Screenplay:** [August Rieger](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-rieger), [Kurt Nachmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-nachmann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gerhard Heinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-heinz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Heinz Hölscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-holscher)

## Cast

- [Karl Spiehs](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-spiehs)
- [Ilja Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilja-richter)
- [Andrea Rau](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-rau)
- [Raoul Retzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-retzer)
- [Hubert von Meyerinck](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubert-von-meyerinck)
- [Rainer Basedow](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-basedow)
- [Alexander Grill](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-grill)
- [Doris Kirchner](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-kirchner)
- [Rudi Carrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudi-carrell)
- [Chris Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-roberts)
- [Christian Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-anders)
- [Hans Terofal](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-terofal)
- [Jochen Busse](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-busse)
- [Margot Mahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-mahler)
- [Kurt Zips](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-zips)

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