Kitty and the World Conference

Release Date: 1939-08-24

Overview: 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.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

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