Kitty and the World Conference

Kitty and the World Conference
Directed by	Helmut Käutner
Written by	Stefan Donat (play) Helmut Käutner
Starring	Hannelore Schroth Fritz Odemar Christian Gollong
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst
Music by	Michael Jary
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	25 August 1939 (1939-08-25)
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. The film is a screwball-style comedy set against the backdrop of an international peace conference. Following the outbreak of the Second World War the Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ordered it withdrawn from cinemas as it he felt it presented too favourable a view of Britain.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. The film 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
• Walter Bechmann
• Eugen Bodart
• Eduard Bornträger as Barmann in der Eden Bar
• Fritz Busch
• Curt Cappi
• Wilhelm Egger-Sell
• Max Harry Ernst as Friseur bei Enrico Palpiti
• Angelo Ferrari
• Charles Francois as Tänzer in der Eden Bar
• Ali Ghito as Sekretärin
• Otto Klopsch
• Charlie Kracker
• Sigrid Kyra
• Gerda Lehner
• Walter Lieck
• Karin Luesebrink
• Vera Meyer
• Armin Münch as Kellner im Restaurant am See
• Margit Osterloh
• Leo Peukert as Enrico Palpiti, Besitzer des Manikürsalons
• Bertold Reissig
• Bert Schmidt-Maris as Liftboy im Grand Hotel Eden
• Beppo Schwaiger as Der Dritte Portier im Grand Hotel
• Armin Schweizer
• Annemarie Schäfer as Erdely, Journalistin der Weltpresse
• Rudolf Schündler as Rundfunkreporter
• Gert Scott-Iversen 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

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