Hocuspocus (1953 film)

Hocuspocus
Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Curt Goetz (play) Curt Goetz (screenplay)
Produced by	Hans Domnick
Starring	Curt Goetz Valerie von Martens Hans Nielsen
Cinematography	Richard Angst Alfred Westphal
Edited by	Fritz Stapenhorst
Music by	Franz Grothe
Production company	Domnick Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih Sascha Film
Release date	1 September 1953
Running time	90 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Hocuspocus (German: Hokuspokus) is a 1953 West German comedy crime film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Hans Nielsen. Based on one of Goetz's own plays, it was remade in 1966 as Hocuspocus.

It was shot at Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director's Kurt Herlth and Hermann Warm.

Cast

• Curt Goetz as Peer Bille
• Valerie von Martens as Agda Kjerulf
• Hans Nielsen as court president
• Ernst Waldow as prosecutor
• Erich Ponto as Mr. Arthur Graham
• Elisabeth Flickenschildt as witness Kiebutz
• Joachim Teege as witness Eunano
• Margrit Ensinger
• Mila Kopp
• Fritz Rasp as attendant
• Tilo von Berlepsch
• Fritz Brandt

Bibliography

• Thomas Elsaesser & Michael Wedel. The BFI companion to German cinema. British Film Institute, 1999.

External links

• Hocuspocus at IMDb
• Hocuspocus is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive