Hocuspocus (1953 film)
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| Directed by | Kurt Hoffmann |
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| Produced by | Hans Domnick |
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| Edited by | Fritz Stapenhorst |
| Music by | Franz Grothe |
Production company | Domnick Filmproduktion |
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Release date | 1 September 1953 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Hocuspocus (German: Hokuspokus) is a 1953 West German comedy crime film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Hans Nielsen.[1] Based on one of Goetz's own plays, it was remade in 1966 as Hocuspocus.
It was shot at Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director's Kurt Herlth and Hermann Warm.
Cast[]
- Curt Goetz as Peer Bille
- Valerie von Martens as Agda Kjerulf
- Hans Nielsen as court president
- Ernst Waldow as prosecutor
- Erich Ponto as Mr. Arthur Graham
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt as witness Kiebutz
- Joachim Teege as witness Eunano
- Mila Kopp
- Fritz Rasp as attendant
- Tilo von Berlepsch
- Fritz Brandt
References[]
- ^ Elsaesser & Wedel p.201
Bibliography[]
- Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.
External links[]
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Categories:
- German-language films
- 1953 films
- 1950s crime comedy films
- German crime comedy films
- West German films
- German black-and-white films
- German films based on plays
- Films based on works by Curt Goetz
- German film remakes
- German courtroom films
- Films about fictional painters
- 1953 comedy films
- 1950s German film stubs