The Uncle from America

{{Short description|1953 film}}

{{Infobox film

|name = The Uncle from America

|image = The Uncle from America.jpg

|caption =

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Der Onkel aus Amerika}}

|director = Carl Boese

|producer = Artur Brauner
Heinz Laaser

|writer = Ferdinand Altenkirch (play)
Curth Flatow
Peter Paulsen

|starring = Hans Moser
Georg Thomalla
Joe Stöckel

|music = Lotar Olias

|cinematography = Albert Benitz

|editing = Johanna Meisel

|studio = CCC Film

|distributor = Prisma Film

|released = {{Film date|1953|1|26|df=yes}}

|runtime = 98 minutes

|country = West Germany

|language = German

}}

The Uncle from America ({{langx|de|Der Onkel aus Amerika}}) is a 1953 West German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Hans Moser, Georg Thomalla and Joe Stöckel.{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=519|year=2009|location=New York|isbn=978-1-57181-655-9}} It was based on a play by Ferdinand Altenkirch which had previously been made into the 1932 film No Money Needed.Goble p.7 It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave and Walter Kutz.