''Kiki'' is a 1932 French-German

musical comedy film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by

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and starring

Anny Ondra Anny Ondra (born Anna Sophie Ondráková; 15 May 1903 – 28 February 1987) was a Czech film actress. She began her career in 1920 and appeared in Czech, German, Austrian, French and English films. In 1933, she married German boxing champion M ...

Hermann Thimig Hermann Thimig (3 October 1890 – 7 July 1982) was an Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1916 and 1967. Biography Thimig came from a famous family of actors. His father, Hugo Thimig, was an actor, director and ...

and

Berthe Ostyn Berthe Ostyn was a German film actress active in the 1930s.Goble p.368 Selected filmography * ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929) * '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930) * ''The Great Longing'' (1930) * '' The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930) * '' ...

.Bock & Bergfelder p. 272 It is based on the 1918 play '' Kiki'' by . The film's sets were designed by the art director

Heinz Fenchel Heinz Fenchel (1906–1988) was a German art director, who designed the sets for a number of films in Weimar Germany and Czechoslovakia. He worked on several films with the director Pál Fejös.Büttner p.231-33 The Jewish Fenchel later emigrated ...

. A separate French-language version was made, also starring Ondra.

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* 1932 films 1932 multilingual films 1932 musical comedy films Films directed by Karel Lamač Films of the Weimar Republic French black-and-white films French musical comedy films German black-and-white films German multilingual films German musical comedy films 1930s German-language films 1930s German films 1930s French films {{musical-comedy-film-stub