The Countess Died of Laughter | |
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Directed by | Franz Antel |
Written by | Kurt Nachmann Vittoria Vigorelli |
Produced by | Franz Antel Carl Szokoll |
Starring | Gabriele Tinti Teri Tordai |
Cinematography | Siegfried Hold |
Edited by | Femi Benussi |
Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
Production companies | Cinemar Neue Delta Filmproduktion |
Distributed by | Constantin Film (West Germany) |
Release dates | 11 April 1973 (Italy) 19 April 1973 (West Germany) |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Countries | Austria Italy |
Language | German/Italian |
The Countess Died of Laughter (German: Frau Wirtins tolle Töchterlein, Italian: Leva lo diavolo tuo dal... convento) is a 1973 Austrian-Italian sex comedy film directed by Franz Antel. It is the final entry in Franz Antel's series Frau Wirtin and incorporates a great deal of archive footage from earlier films.
Plot
Susanne Delberg (Teri Tordai as Terry Torday) who has become Countess Süderland dies under absurd circumstances. It is revealed that Susanne had a daughter, whom she had named heiress to her inheritance; however, her identity is obscured except for the fact that she was known to have been living in a convent. The handsome executor Vincent van der Straten (Gabriele Tinti) is assigned to the task of uncovering the identity of the heiress. There are five possible candidates: Françoise (Maja Hoppe), Clarissa (Femi Benussi as Femy Benussi), Susanne (Sonja Jeannine), Piroschka (Marika Mindzenthy), and Anselma (Alena Penz). Van der Straten decides to stay at the convent to find the real heiress but things soon prove to be difficult for him since all the candidates happen to be as raunchy as late Susanne.
Cast
- Teri Tordai as Susanne Delberg
- Gabriele Tinti as Vincent van der Straaten
- Femi Benussi as Clarissa
- Christina Losta as Francoise
- Marika Mindzenthy as Piroschka
- Alena Penz as Anselma
- Sonja Jeannine as Susanne
- Margot Hielscher as Reverend Mother
- Paul Löwinger as Antonius
- Kurt Großkurth as Monk
- Jacques Herlin as Monsieur Dulac
- Hans Terofal as Jussuf
- Franz Muxeneder as Farmer
- Galliano Sbarra as Governatore
- Joanna Jung as Anna
- Maja Hoppe as Telltale Girl
- Erich Padalewski as Piroschka's Lover
- Dolores Schmidinger as Nun
- Raoul Retzer as Osmin
- Raimund Folkert as Florian
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