Hokuspokus (1953)
A murder trial becomes a farce when a widow tries to convince the district attorney that she didn't drown her husband, with the help of an eccentric lawyer.
- Date of release
- 1953-08-31
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Kurt Hoffmann
Casting
- Curt Goetz — Peer Bille
- Valerie von Martens — Agda Kjerulf
- Hans Nielsen — Gerichtspräsident
- Erich Ponto — Mr. Arthur Graham
- Ernst Waldow — Staatsanwalt
- Elisabeth Flickenschildt — Zeugin Kiebutz
- Margrit Ensinger — Anna Sedal
- Joachim Teege — Zeuge Munio Eunano
- Fritz Rasp — Diener
- Hugo Lindinger — Geschworener
- Tilo von Berlepsch
- Mila Kopp
Interesting facts
Hocuspocus is a 1953 West German comedy crime film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Curt Goetz, Valerie von Martens and Hans Nielsen. Based on Goetz's own play from 1926 and on the first movie of 1930 of which an English-language version was made at the same time, it was remade in 1966 in color as Hocuspocus. It was shot at Göttingen Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director's Kurt Herlth and Hermann Warm.
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