Kitty and the World Conference (1939)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 24, 1939Release Date
Kitty and the World Conference (1939)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 24, 1939Release Date
Plot.
The setting is Lugano (Switzerland), where an apparently very important world conference takes place. The film tells the story of the young Kitty (Hannelore Schroth), who works as a manicurist at the Eden Hotel, and who in the course of events gets to know both a young journalist (Christian Gollong) and the English minister of economics (Fritz Odemar). A lot of wild mix-ups, comic situations, a love story and occasional singing ensue, and in the end most of the VIPs have gained their share of laughter… There’s also a great performance by Paul Hörbiger as the hotel porter. For a 1939 film made in Germany, “Kitty” is remarkably irreverent and satirical about politics.
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Cast & Crew.
Hannelore Schroth
Kitty
Fritz Odemar
Sir Horace Ashlin
Max Gülstorff
Vicomte Tristan de Gavard
Paul Hörbiger
Portier Franz Huber
Hubert von Meyerinck
Carter
Rudolf Schündler
Rundfunkreporter
Franz Arzdorf
Hoteldirektor Füßli
Maria Nicklisch
Irene Sorel
Charlott Daudert
Mimi
Leopold von Ledebur
Ministerialsekretär Mason
Hermann Pfeiffer
Paillot
Christian Gollong
Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist
Helmut Weiss
Bradsley
Herbert Hübner
Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador
Wilhelm Bendow
Französischer minister
Harald Wolff
Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1939
Original NameKitty und die Weltkonferenz
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Genres
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Wiki.
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 Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ordered it withdrawn from cinemas as it he felt it presented too favourable a view of Britain.It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. 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.