Kitty and the World Conference
Kitty und die Weltkonferenz
Comedy
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.
1939-08-24
de
Cast
Director
Helmut Käutner
Hannelore Schroth as Kitty
Fritz Odemar as Sir Horace Ashlin
Max Gülstorff as Vicomte Tristan de Gavard
Paul Hörbiger as Portier Franz Huber
Hubert von Meyerinck as Carter
Rudolf Schündler as Rundfunkreporter
Franz Arzdorf as Hoteldirektor Füßli
Charlott Daudert as Mimi
Leopold von Ledebur as Ministerialsekretär Mason
Hermann Pfeiffer as Paillot
Helmut Weiss as Bradsley
Herbert Hübner as Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador
Wilhelm Bendow as Französischer minister
Harald Wolff as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins