Kitty and the World Conference

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 Following the outbreak of the Second World War the Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ordered it withdrawn from cinemas as it he felt it presented too favourable a view of Britain.[1]

Kitty and the World Conference
Directed byHelmut Käutner
Written by
  • Stefan Donat (play)
  • Helmut Käutner
Starring
Music byMichael Jary
CinematographyWilly Winterstein
Edited byFritz Stapenhorst
Production
company
Distributed byTerra Film
Release date
  • 25 August 1939 (1939-08-25)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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

References

  1. Reimer & Reimer p. 168–169

Bibliography

  • Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010). The A to Z of German Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3186-3.
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