Hocus Pocus

A highly amusing court-room play full of unexpected turns in the plot and brilliant dialogue, Hokuspokus is the last film written by and starring Curt Goetz. He plays a lawyer who defends a widow, who is suspected to have murdered her husband. The end is more than a surprise. Very well directed by the master of the light comedy Kurt Hoffmann, the stage play is turned into an entertaining film which is beautifully photographed by cinematographer Richard Angst. The DVD offers the restored original version as well as a radio plays by Curt Goetz, original trailers of the Curt Goetz post-war films, and interviews with Curt Goetz and Valerie von Martens.

Hocus Pocus, directed by Kurt Hoffmann, Germany 1953 (86')
Preview trailers 1949-52 (9')
Remembering Curt Goetz with Valerie von Martens-Goetz, directed by Horst Jaedicke, Germany 1983 (10')
Radio play «Die Rache», directed by Curt Goetz, Germany 1959 (23', only german)
Radio recording «Bitte legen Sie ab: Curt Goetz», directed by Walter Davy, Austria 1958 (59', only german)
Booklet with texts by Curt Goetz & Susanne Marschall

Edition Filmmuseum 16
Language Deutsch Subtitles english
Screen 1:1.37 - 4/3 PAL, b&w Sound DD 2.0 (Mono) FSK 12+ Region code All regions