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Kitty and the World Conference

Aug 24, 1939 · 1h 37m
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Comedy

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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

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
Directed by Helmut Käutner

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Terra-Filmkunst
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