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.
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
Rudolf Schündler
as Rundfunkreporter
Franz Arzdorf
as Hoteldirektor Füßli
Maria Nicklisch
as Irene Sorel
Charlott Daudert
as Mimi
Leopold von Ledebur
as Ministerialsekretär Mason
Hermann Pfeiffer
as Paillot
Christian Gollong
as Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist
