Confessions of Felix Krull
Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull
West Germany
1957
107 Min
Black and White
1.33:1
German
Synopsis
The adaptation of Thomas Mann’s eponymous, unfinished novel tells the fantastic story of charming rogue Felix Krull. After he dodges the military draft thanks to his acting abilities, he starts his con man career in a hotel in Paris. Soon he travels the world pretending to be the noble Marquis de Venosta, and his luck with the ladies, namely the eccentric Madame Houpflé and Zouzou, the daughter of his acquaintance Professor Kuckuck, comes in handy. Felix Krull always knows how to impress people, so even when he comes under suspicion of murder, he does not become desperate. —filmportal.de
Director
Kurt Hoffmann
Kurt Hoffmann was born in 1910 in Freiburg and died in 2001 in Munich. He began his film career as a camera assistant to Siodmak, Schuenzel and Ucicky. He had his directorial debut in 1939 with Bachelor’s Paradise (Paradies der Junggesellen), followed by popular film adaptations based on the literary works of such well-known writers as Thomas Mann, Friedrich Duerrenmatt, und Kurt Tucholsky. His films include: Quax, der Bruchpilot (1941), I Often Think of Piroschka (Ich denke oft an Piroschka, 1955), Confessions of Felix Krull (Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, 1957), The Spessart Inn (Das Wirtshaus in Spessart, 1958), Aren’t We Wonderful? (Wir Wunderkinder, 1958), The Castle Gripsholm (Schloss Gripsholm, 1963), Praetorius (Dr. med. Hiob Praetorius, 1964), Rheinsberg (1967), and In the Morning at Seven the World Is Still in Order read more
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