Bonjour Kathrin (film)

Based onDie glücklichste Frau der Welt (operetta)
by Kurt Feltz and Max WallnerProduced byHans TostStarringCinematographyPaul KrienEdited byJutta HeringMusic byHeinz Gietz [de]Distributed byPrisma Film96 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Bonjour Kathrin (or Bonjour, Kathrin) is a 1956 West German musical film directed by Karl Anton and starring Caterina Valente, Peter Alexander and Silvio Francesco [de]. It is based on the operetta Die glücklichste Frau der Welt by Max Wallner and Kurt Feltz. It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Wiesbaden Studios in Hesse. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Andrej Andrejew and Helmut Nentwig.

• Caterina Valente as Kathrin
• Peter Alexander as Pierre
• Silvio Francesco [de] as Silvio
• Dietmar Schönherr as Duval
• Rudolf Vogel as Fogar
• Helen Vita as Denise
• Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff as Columbus
• Rolf Olsen as Lebaudi
• Sabine Hahn as Therese
• Kurt Edelhagen and his Orchestra as themselves^[1]

The FSK gave the film a rating of "6 and up" and deemed it suitable for screening on public holidays.^[1]

The film premiered on 31 January 1956 at the Ufa-Palast in Essen.^[1]

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

• Bonjour Kathrin at IMDb