Confessions of Felix Krull (film)

1957 film

Confessions of Felix Krull

Directed by	Kurt Hoffmann
Written by	Thomas Mann (novel) Erika Mann Robert Thoeren
Produced by	Hans Abich Rolf Thiele
Starring	Horst Buchholz Liselotte Pulver Ingrid Andree
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Caspar van den Berg
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Europa-Filmverleih
Release date	25 April 1957 (1957-04-25)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Confessions of Felix Krull (German: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, lit. 'Confessions of the Imposter Felix Krull') is a 1957 West German comedy and drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, and Ingrid Andree. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Thomas Mann. The story was later made into a 1982 television series The Confessions of Felix Krull. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Lisbon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. Mann's novel was made into a movie again in 2021.

Main cast

Horst Buchholz as Felix Krull
Liselotte Pulver as Zaza
Ingrid Andree as Zouzou Kuckuck
Susi Nicoletti as Madame Houpflé
Paul Dahlke as Professor Kuckuck
Ilse Steppat as Maria Pia Kuckuck
Walter Rilla as Lord Kilmarnock
Alice Treff as Venostas Mutter
Peer Schmidt as Marquis de Venosta
Karl Ludwig Lindt as Venostas Vater
Werner Hinz as Stabsarzt
Heinz Reincke as Stanko
Paul Henckels as Schimmelpreester
Heidi Brühl as Eleanor
Ralf Wolter as Gestellungspflichtiger
Heinz Klevenow as Machatschek
Ehmi Bessel as Felix Krulls' Mutter
Herbert Weicker as Hurtado
Robert Meyn as 1. Polizeibeamter
Jo Herbst as Bob
Günther Jerschke as 2. Polizeibeamter
Florent Antony as Kriminalbeamter
Martin Rosenstiel as Jean-Pierre

References

Bock & Bergfelder p. 378
The American distributor billed Horst Buchholz as "Henry Bookholt" and Liselotte Pulver as "Lisa Pulver". "Confessions of Felx Krull"
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

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