''Kitty and the World Conference'' (german: Kitty und die Weltkonferenz) is a 1939 German

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by Helmut Käutner and starring

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Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...

and

Christian Gollong Christian Gollong (1901–1988) was a German stage and film actor. He appeared in four films in major roles, all of them in 1939. Selected filmography * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) * ''Kitty and the World Conference ''Kitty and the W ...

. It is a screwball comedy set against the backdrop of an international peace conference. Following the outbreak of the

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, Propaganda minister

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ordered it withdrawn from cinemas as it he felt it presented too favourable a view of Britain.Reimer & Reimer p. 168–169 It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by

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Max Mellin. The story was based on a play, which served as the basis for the 1956 remake ''

Kitty and the Great Big World Kitty or Kittie may refer to: Animals * Cat, a small, domesticated carnivorous mammal ** Kitten, a young cat Film * Kitty Films, an anime production company in Japan * ''Kitty'' (1929 film), based on the Deeping novel; the first British talkin ...

''.

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''Kitty und die Weltkonferenz''
Full movie at the Deutsche Filmothek 1939 films Banned films in Nazi Germany Films of Nazi Germany German comedy films 1939 comedy films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Helmut Käutner Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub