Kurt Hoffmann

Directing

Kurt Hoffmann

Born — Died

1910-11-12 — 2001-06-25

Place of birth

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

45 titles

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

The Haunted Castle poster
6.8

The ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.

The Haunted Castle

1960

Confessions of Felix Krull poster
6.4

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.

Confessions of Felix Krull

1957

Fireworks poster
6.2

The quiet life of an extended family is shaken up when a circus comes into town.

Fireworks

1954

The Flying Classroom poster
7.7

The third form of a boarding school and the students of a neighboring school do not get along. Each side dreams up the craziest pranks to defeat the other. And when one day the high school students go as far as stealing the Gymnasium students’ essays and even burning them, daily school life really gets out of hand.

The Flying Classroom

1954

I Often Think of Piroschka poster
7.2

Andreas, a young German student comes to Hungary on an exchange programme. In the Hungarian village he falls in love with the stationmaster's daughter Piroschka and spends much of his time with her. They have an enchanting summer until Andreas gets an invitation to join another young woman at a nearby resort. Piroschka is jealous and follows him there, causing trouble. It takes a long time for Andreas and Piroschka to even talk to each other again. When Andreas has to leave Hungary at the end of his holiday, he is determined to return some day.

I Often Think of Piroschka

1955

The Spessart Inn poster
6.9

Countess Franziska "is kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom so Franziska changes sides.

The Spessart Inn

1958

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi poster
5.5

Florestan Mississippi, a public prosecutor by profession, visits a lady named Anastasia and, while drinking coffee with her, convicts her of poisoning her husband. At the same time, he asks for her hand in marriage, as he too has killed his wife with poison; the marriage is to be the "atonement" of the two poisoners. The four allegorical personifications in this comedy are, in addition to the loveless, absolute justice in the form of the prosecutor Mississippi, perfect equality, represented by the world revolutionary Saint-Claude, Christian love, embodied in the down-and-out, alcoholic tropical doctor Count Uebelohe-Zabernsee, and finally the "Frau Welt" of the old mystery play – Anastasia, who falls for everyone and betrays everyone, loves nothing but the moment, and dies with an invoked untruth on her lips.

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

1961

Snow White and the Seven Jugglers poster
6.4

Norbert Lang inherits a hotel and has to deal with a multitude of problems at the end of the year. There's the pushy singer who wants to get closer to him than he'd like. The staff quickly takes off after arguments. When the heating starts acting up, he has to hire a repairman. But the repairman shows up with unexpected backup and causes even more chaos.

Snow White and the Seven Jugglers

1962

In the Morning at Seven the World Is Still in Order poster
7.1

A quirky family lives their simple but joyful life which centers around the youngest family member, a little boy.

In the Morning at Seven the World Is Still in Order

1968

Three Men in the Snow poster
7.5

The multi-millionaire Eduard Schlüter takes part under the name Schulze in a raffle of his own Schlüter works and wins a stay at the Grand Hotel. Disguised as a poor swallower, he would like to study the reactions of the hotel staff and guests. As an assistant, he takes his reliable servant Johann with him. Once there, he makes friends and also has cause for annoyance when his daughter and the housekeeper arrive.

Three Men in the Snow

1955

Klettermaxe poster
5.7

A masked hero scales the walls of buildings and relieves burglars of the money or valuables they've stolen. He donates the stolen goods to charity and turns the criminals over to the authorities. An exotic dancer falls madly in love with this hero whose face she has never seen. But who is hiding behind the mask?

Klettermaxe

1952

Glorious Times in the Spessart poster
5.9

The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut and the story involved time travelling and space travelling starts.

Glorious Times in the Spessart

1967

Glorious Times in the Spessart poster
5.9

The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut and the story involved time travelling and space travelling starts.

Glorious Times in the Spessart

1967

The House in Karp Lane poster
7.5

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

The House in Karp Lane

1965

Fanfares of Love poster
5.0

Two out of work musicians put on drag to get work in an all girl band. Inevitable comical romantic complications ensue.

Fanfares of Love

1951

Quax, der Bruchpilot poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Quax, der Bruchpilot

1941

Hocuspocus poster
5.4

Kurt Hoffmann's remake of his own 1953 movie based on the play by Curt Goetz.

Hocuspocus

1966

Aren't We Wonderful poster
6.9

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates - Hans and Bruno. They could not be more different. While Hans is ambitious and must always work hard for his career, it seems that the happy go lucky Bruno is carefree.

Aren't We Wonderful

1958

City in the Fog poster
8.5

In the Danish port city of Belgesund, the caretaker of a private high school has fallen victim to murder. Detective Thomsen takes on the case and finds that behind the clean facade there are abysses. He has five suspects in mind: the teacher Berling, who is having a relationship with a student, the twin brother and sole heir of the murdered man, the murdered man's shady roommate, the primary school teacher Klaus Erikson and his brother Jakob.

City in the Fog

1950

Gripsholm Castle poster
5.3

Young lovers Kurt and Lydia spend their first vacation together in Sweden at the picturesque Gripsholm Castle. They enjoy their happy days outdoors and in the nature far away from all everyday troubles and have fun with Kurt′s old friend Karl who comes to visit them in their holiday home. But when Lydia′s beautiful friend Billie also joins them shortly after, Lydia senses that Kurt seems to be falling in love with Billie.

Gripsholm Castle

1963

Gripsholm Castle poster
5.3

Young lovers Kurt and Lydia spend their first vacation together in Sweden at the picturesque Gripsholm Castle. They enjoy their happy days outdoors and in the nature far away from all everyday troubles and have fun with Kurt′s old friend Karl who comes to visit them in their holiday home. But when Lydia′s beautiful friend Billie also joins them shortly after, Lydia senses that Kurt seems to be falling in love with Billie.

Gripsholm Castle

1963

Ein Tag ist schöner als der andere poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Tag ist schöner als der andere

1969

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius poster
4.7

Dr. med. Job Prätorius enjoys great popularity among patients, doctors and students alike thanks to his kindness and philanthropy. Only his colleague Prof. Speiter begrudges him his success. When his patient Maria Violetta wants to commit suicide because of an extramarital pregnancy, Prätorius takes care of the young woman. When he tries to gently prepare her father for the news, the latter considers Praetorius to be a more than welcome admirer of his daughter. As a deep affection develops between the doctor and his patient, the two eventually marry. Their private happiness fuels Prof. Speiter's envy. With the help of Praetorius' mysterious factotum Shunderson, he finally believes that he can uncover some dark secrets from the doctor's past. But Praetorius manages to refute all the accusations in a court of honor with wit and astonishing revelations.

Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius

1965

Heute heiratet mein Mann poster
6.0

The talkative dentist Dr. Agartz lets the drill whir and tries to entertain his patient Thesi Petersen with the latest society gossip: the famous Hamburg architect Robert Petersen is about to remarry. The new girl's name is Karin Nielsen and she comes "from the best family".

Heute heiratet mein Mann

1956

Theft of the Sabines poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Theft of the Sabines

1954

Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte poster
9.5

One day, an exceptionally beautiful girl shows up at Josua Webmann's pawnshop to pawn a golden harp. Josua's apprentice, Klaas, immediately sees her as an angel. That evening, she meets him again and dances with him, causing even the previously indifferent Lissy to take notice of Klaas. Meanwhile, Josua worries about his money and negotiates with an instrument dealer who makes him a generous offer for the harp. The next day, the girl and the harp have disappeared again—but she has left behind unexpected wealth.

Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte

1959

Liebe will gelernt sein poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe will gelernt sein

1963

Der Kapitän poster
5.2

Captain Ebbs is an older, experienced seaman who has, however, only sailed on freighters. While his current old barge, the Martin Luther, has to go into the shipyard for an overhaul, the shipping company gives him command of the elegant cruise ship Julia to temporarily replace a colleague who has fallen ill. The rough Ebbs finds his way into his new job only with difficulty and initially puts his foot in his social mouth.

Der Kapitän

1971

Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Ich vertraue Dir meine Frau an

1943

Hurra, ich bin Papa poster
7.0

Peter Ohlsen, a perpetual student, leads a dissolute life and has been living off his filthy-rich father for years. When Peter comes home drunk from a party with his friends yet again, he finds a three-year-old boy in his bed who had been left with his housekeeper along with a letter. The letter states that Peter is the boy’s father and that he is hereby entrusted with the child’s upbringing.

Hurra, ich bin Papa

1939

Beautiful Adventure poster
7.0

The teacher Dorothee Durand, young and single, travels from England to the picturesque south of France to find the remaining remnants of her family. Her search takes her to Nimes, where she meets the likewise single Marius, a hotelier, who immediately falls in love with the beautiful woman. And so it turns out that after traveling through half of France, Dorothy not only finds her relatives, but also ...

Beautiful Adventure

1959

Hokuspokus poster
7.0

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.

Hokuspokus

1953

I'll Carry You in My Arms poster
6.2

After five years, the marriage of chemist Dr. Herbert has become so routine, that his wife Karin sees no other choice but to leave her husband, even if she still loves him. She retreats to her parents’ place and takes a job in her father’s factory, while Herbert begins a battle with the adversities of everyday life. Karin gets to know the charming Viktor at work, a boyhood friend of her husband, who falls in love with her at first sight. He knows full well, that she’s just come from a failed marriage, but doesn’t know with whom she was married.

I'll Carry You in My Arms

1943

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer poster
10.0

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela.

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer

1953

The Rabanser Case poster
8.0

Editor Peter Rabanser is planning a series on the perfect cash heist, which he plans down to the last detail and actually begins to prepare: He befriends two cash couriers and lays the groundwork to lure them into an apartment he has rented.

The Rabanser Case

1950

Liebe im Finanzamt poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Liebe im Finanzamt

1952

Liselotte von der Pfalz poster
9.0

In a desperate bid to regain his fortune, the impoverished Elector of the Palatinate does everything in his power to arrange a marriage between his eldest daughter, Liselotte, and a wealthy nobleman—but to no avail, for with her tomboyish manner, the young woman sends all her suitors running for the hills.

Liselotte von der Pfalz

1966

Paradies der Junggesellen poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Paradies der Junggesellen

1939

Salzburg Stories poster
7.0

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people.

Salzburg Stories

1957

Salzburg Stories poster
7.0

A wealthy citizen of Salzburg wants to write a play about ordinary people.

Salzburg Stories

1957