Confessions of Felix Krull (film)

1957 film

Thomas Mann (novel)
Erika Mann
Robert Thoeren

Produced by

Hans Abich
Rolf Thiele

Starring

Horst Buchholz
Liselotte Pulver
Ingrid Andree

CinematographyFriedl Behn-GrundEdited byCaspar van den BergMusic byHans-Martin Majewski

Production
company

Filmaufbau

Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih

Release date

25 April 1957 (1957-04-25)

Running time

107 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

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