Kitty Kellermann, widow of Paul Kellermann an unsuccessful artist, appears in court charged with drowning her husband during a boat ride. Then, the fact emerges that she is three months pregnant.


Is this worth your time? If you like fast-talking legal battles and 1930s German vibes, you will probably get a kick out of this. If you hate old movies where everyone over-enunciates every single syllable, maybe skip it. Hokuspokus is one of those films that feels like it was filmed on a stage because it basically was...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"Is this worth your time? If you like fast-talking legal battles and 1930s German vibes, you will probably get a kick out of this. If you hate old movies where everyone over-enunciates every single syllable, maybe skip it. Hokuspokus is one of those films that feels like it was filmed on a stage because it basically was. But that is not a bad thing here. The whole thing centers on Kitty Kellermann. She is played by Lilian Harvey, who is just magnetic in a way that modern actors usually aren't. K..."

Ernst Behmer
Curt Goetz, Karl Hartl, Walter Reisch
Germany

