Chikita

1962 · Drama

Brothel-owner Chikita Hausmann is forced to flee a South American revolution and sets up a new “house of pleasure” in a sleepy Swiss town, where the local bigwigs queue up so enthusiastically that she placates scandalized wives by dubbing it the “Circle for Expanding Cultural Relations” and wins the naive estate-manager Philip Sprüngli’s heart. When a nearby jazz club run by local youths threatens to expose her clientele, Chikita cleverly sells her establishment to the municipality—transforming it into a youth center—then whisks Sprüngli off on another adventure to a revolution-torn South America.

Director: Karl Suter
Released: April 26, 1962
Language: German

Cast

Hanne Wieder
Chikita Hausmann
Charles Regnier
Dr. Hauenstein
Gustav Knuth
Eugen Stärkle
Franz Muxeneder
Polizist Baumann
Margrit Läubli
Doris Kirchofer
Max Haufler
Dr. Markus Steiger
Bruno Ganz
Jazzfan

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