Confessions of Felix Krull (1957)

Original title

Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull

Directed by

Bernhard Sinkel, Kurt Hoffmann

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man uses charm and deception to move through high society. He pretends to be someone he is not to gain a better life.

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What happens

Confessions of Felix Krull (German: Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, lit. 'Confessions of the Imposter Felix Krull') is a 1957 West German comedy and drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, and Ingrid Andree. It is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Thomas Mann. The story was later made into a 1982 television series The Confessions of Felix Krull. It was shot at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in Lisbon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Herlth. The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 15th Golden Globe Awards and Best Feature-Length Film at the 1957 Filmband in Gold awards. Bucholz was awarded the 1958 Bambi Award for his performance. Mann's novel was made into a movie again in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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