Kitty and the World Conference

Kitty and the World Conference

97 mins | Comedy | Aug. 24, 1939

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.

Kitty and the World Conference

97 mins | Comedy | Aug. 24, 1939

Kitty and the World Conference
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.
Producers Terra-Filmkunst
Original title Kitty und die Weltkonferenz
Directors Helmut Käutner
Writers Stefan Donat, Helmut Käutner

Cast

Fritz Odemar

as Sir Horace Ashlin

Max Gülstorff

as Vicomte Tristan de Gavard

Paul Hörbiger

as Portier Franz Huber

Rudolf Schündler

as Rundfunkreporter

Franz Arzdorf

as Hoteldirektor Füßli

Maria Nicklisch

as Irene Sorel

Leopold von Ledebur

as Ministerialsekretär Mason

Hermann Pfeiffer

as Paillot

Christian Gollong

as Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist

Helmut Weiss

as Bradsley

Herbert Hübner

as Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador

Wilhelm Bendow

as Französischer minister

Harald Wolff

as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins