Kitty and the World Conference
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Directed by | Helmut Käutner |
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Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
Edited by | Fritz Stapenhorst |
Music by | Michael Jary |
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Distributed by | Terra Film |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Kitty and the World Conference (German: Kitty und die Weltkonferenz) is a 1939 German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hannelore Schroth, Fritz Odemar and Christian Gollong. It is a screwball comedy set against the backdrop of an international peace conference. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ordered it withdrawn from cinemas as it he felt it presented too favourable a view of Britain.[1]
The film's sets were designed by art director Max Mellin. The story was based on a play, which served as the basis for the 1956 remake Kitty and the Great Big World.
Cast[]
- Hannelore Schroth as Kitty
- Fritz Odemar as Sir Horace Ashlin
- Christian Gollong as Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist
- Maria Nicklisch as Irene Sorel
- Max Gülstorff as Tristan de Gavard
- Paul Hörbiger as Huber
- Charlott Daudertas Mimi
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Paillot
- Hubert von Meyerinck as Carter
- Helmut Weiss as Bradsley
- Leopold von Ledebur as Englischer ministerialsekretär Mason
- Herbert Hübner as Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador
- Wilhelm Bendow as Französischer minister
- Harald Wolff as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins
- Franz Arzdorf as Füßli, Direktor vom Grand Hotel Eden
- Eduard Bornträger as Barmann in der Eden Bar
- Fritz Busch
- as Friseur bei Enrico Palpiti
- Angelo Ferrari
- as Tänzer in der Eden Bar
- Ali Ghito as Sekretärin
- Vera Meyer
- as Kellner im Restaurant am See
- Margit Osterloh
- Leo Peukert as Enrico Palpiti, Besitzer des Manikürsalons
- Bertold Reissig
- as Liftboy im Grand Hotel Eden
- as Der Dritte Portier im Grand Hotel
- Armin Schweizer
- as Erdely, Journalistin der Weltpresse
- Rudolf Schündler as Rundfunkreporter
- as Fräulein Holgerson, Journalistin der Weltpresse
- Werner Stock as Neumeier, der zweite Portier im Grand Hotel Eden
- Michael von Newlinsky as Oberkellner im Restaurant am See
References[]
- ^ Reimer & Reimer p. 168–169
Bibliography[]
- Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3186-3.
External links[]
- Kitty and the World Conference at IMDb
- Kitty und die Weltkonferenz Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek
Categories:
- 1939 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German comedy films
- 1939 comedy films
- Films directed by Helmut Käutner
- Terra Film films
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s German film stubs