Hokuspokus (film)
Encyclopedia
Hokuspokus is a 1930 German
comedy film
directed by Gustav Ucicky
and starring Lilian Harvey
, Willy Fritsch
and Oskar Homolka. It was an adaptation of the play Hokuspokus by Curt Goetz
. A woman is put on trial for the murder of her husband only for him to turn up alive. An English-language version The Temporary Widow
was made at the same time also directed by Ucicky and starring Laurence Olivier
.
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky
Gustav Ucicky was an acclaimed Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was one of the more successful and acclaimed directors in Austria and Germany from the 1930s through to the early 1960s...
and starring Lilian Harvey
Lilian Harvey
Lilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:...
, Willy Fritsch
Willy Fritsch
Willy Fritsch was a German theater and film actor, the popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures.-Biography:...
and Oskar Homolka. It was an adaptation of the play Hokuspokus by Curt Goetz
Curt Goetz
Curt Goetz , born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss-German writer, actor and film director. Curt Goetz was regarded as one of the most brilliant comedy writers of his time in the German-speaking world. Together with his wife Valérie von Martens he acted in his own plays and also filmed them...
. A woman is put on trial for the murder of her husband only for him to turn up alive. An English-language version The Temporary Widow
The Temporary Widow
The Temporary Widow is a 1930 British-German comedy film by the Austrian director Gustav Ucicky, starring Laurence Olivier in his first film role, Lilian Harvey and Athole Stewart....
was made at the same time also directed by Ucicky and starring Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
.
Main cast
- Lilian HarveyLilian HarveyLilian Harvey was a British-born actress and singer, long-based in Germany, where she is best known for her role as Christel Weinzinger in Erik Charell's 1931 film Der Kongress tanzt.-Life:...
- Kitty Kellermann - Willy FritschWilly FritschWilly Fritsch was a German theater and film actor, the popular leading man in German silent motion-pictures.-Biography:...
- Peter Bille - Oskar Homolka - Grandt
- Gustaf GründgensGustaf GründgensGustaf Gründgens , born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, intendant and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg...
- Dr. Wilke - Otto WallburgOtto WallburgOtto Wallburg was a German actor.-Selected filmography:* Der rote Kreis * Der Hampelmann * Hocuspocus * Yorck * Ihre Majestät die Liebe * Queen of the Night...
- Dr. Schüler - Fritz Schmuck - Hartmann
- Ferdinand von Alten - Lindborg
- Harry Halm - Kolbe
- Rudolf Biebrach - Morchen
- René Hubert - Loiret
- Kurt Lilien - Kulicke
- Ruth Albu - Anny Sedal
- Max EhrlichMax EhrlichMax Michaelis Ehrlich was a German actor, screenwriter, and director on the German theater, comedy and cabaret scene of the 1930s.-Biography:...
- Kuhnen