Chikita

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.

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

• Karl SuterDirector

Release date

April 26, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama