Hocuspocus (German: Hokuspokus) is a 1966 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Liselotte Pulver, and Fritz Tillmann.[1] It is based on the 1926 play by Curt Goetz, which had previously been adapted into several film versions, Hocuspocus (1930), with a parallel version in English), and Hocuspocus (1953) with Goetz himself.
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| Directed by | Kurt Hoffmann |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Hans Domnick |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Richard Angst |
| Edited by | Dagmar Hirtz |
| Music by | Franz Grothe |
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| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The film's sets were designed by the art director Otto Pischinger. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin.
Cast
edit- Heinz Rühmann as Peer Bille
- Liselotte Pulver as Agda Kjerulf
- Fritz Tillmann as Prosecutor
- Richard Münch as Gerichtspräsident
- Stefan Wigger as Kunsthändler Amundsen
- Klaus Miedel as Mr. Graham
- Joachim Teege as Zeuge Munio Eunano
- Tatjana Sais as Zeugin Kiebutz
- Edith Elsholtz as Anne Sedal
- Käthe Braun as Frau Engstrand
References
edit- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 208
Bibliography
edit- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
edit- Hocuspocus at IMDb
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