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Director:
Writers:
Erika Mann (writer)
Thomas Mann (novel)
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Release Date:
25 April 1957 (West Germany) more
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
A Serious Man and the odd movie out
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 29 November 2009, 1:30 PM, PST)

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Enchanting Rogue more (2 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Horst Buchholz ... Felix Krull
Liselotte Pulver ... Zaza
Ingrid Andree ... Zouzou Kuckuck
Susi Nicoletti ... Madame Houpflé
Paul Dahlke ... Professor Kuckuck
Ilse Steppat ... Maria Pia Kuckuck
Walter Rilla ... Lord Kilmarnock
Alice Treff ... Venostas Mutter
Peer Schmidt ... Marquis de Venosta
Karl Ludwig Lindt ... Venostas Vater
Werner Hinz ... Stabsarzt
Heinz Reincke ... Stanko
Paul Henckels ... Schimmelpreester
Heidi Brühl ... Eleanor
Ralf Wolter ... Gestellungspflichtiger
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Confessions of Felix Krull (USA)
Erinnerungen des Hochstaplers Krull (West Germany) (working title)
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Runtime:
107 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Klangfilm-Eurocord-Magnetocord)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The American distributor billed Horst Buchholz as "Henry Bookholt" to help disguise the foreign origins of the film. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Horst Buchholz... mein Papa (2005) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
Enchanting Rogue, 16 October 2005
10/10
Author: ronnmullen33782 from United States

This film was my introduction to Horst Buchholz. Albsolutely delightful! I have been chasing a copy of it for years, and finally located a VHS of it -- it has recently been released on DVD in Germany. If you can get your hands on it, do so. The young Buchholz is an enchanting rogue in this saga of the rise of a charming confidence man, swindling and cheating his way to the top. He sent on to star in films in the US and in Europe, but was seldom as delightful as here, in this early work. His innate good looks and personality are given free reign. One of the most delightful scenes in the epileptic fit he throws for the draft board to avoid military service. Inspired!

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