A German drag comedy so unhinged, even the actors look confused they're in it.
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.
Acting
Fritz Rasp commits harder than the script deserves.
Costume
The aunt's wardrobe: elderly diva meets fever dream.
Director
Robert A. Stemmle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Nazi Germany's attempt at breezy British farce, filmed the same year Hitler became Führer—making its escapist energy historically surreal.
The 1892 play was so popular that by 1934 there were three competing film versions worldwide; this German take is considered the most unhinged.
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