Confessions of Felix Krull (film)

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

Confessions of Felix Krull (German: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull) is a 1957 West German comedy drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver and Ingrid Andree.^[1] It is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Thomas Mann.

It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Lisbon. The film's sets were designed by Robert Herlth.

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

Bibliography

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

External links

• Confessions of Felix Krull on IMDb
• Confessions of Felix Krull at filmportal.de/en