
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.
Directed by Helmut Käutner
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Cast

Hannelore Schroth
Kitty

Fritz Odemar
Sir Horace Ashlin

Max Gülstorff
Vicomte Tristan de Gavard

Paul Hörbiger
Portier Franz Huber

Hubert von Meyerinck
Carter

Rudolf Schündler
Rundfunkreporter

Franz Arzdorf
Hoteldirektor Füßli
Maria Nicklisch
Irene Sorel

Charlott Daudert
Mimi

Leopold von Ledebur
Ministerialsekretär Mason

Hermann Pfeiffer
Paillot
Christian Gollong
Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist

Helmut Weiss
Bradsley

Herbert Hübner
Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador
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