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.
as Kitty
as Sir Horace Ashlin
as Vicomte Tristan de Gavard
as Portier Franz Huber
as Carter
as Rundfunkreporter
as Hoteldirektor Füßli
as Irene Sorel
as Mimi
as Ministerialsekretär Mason
as Paillot
as Piet Enthousen, holländischer Journalist
as Bradsley
as Wirtschaftsminister von Coprador
as Französischer minister
as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins
