Journey to Happiness

Journey to Happiness
Journey to Happiness
Directed by	Erich Engel
Written by	Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Walter Bolz
Starring	Käthe Dorsch ; Rudolf Forster ; Hildegard Knef
Cinematography	Franz Weihmayr
Edited by	Walter von Bonhorst
Music by	Bruno Balz
Production; company	UFA
Distributed by	Sovexport Film
Release date	6 August 1948;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Journey to Happiness (German: Fahrt ins Glück) is a 1948 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster and Hildegard Knef. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin^[1] while location shooting took place around the Attersee (lake) in Austria.The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was one of a significant number of films produced during Nazi Germany but not released until after the fall of the Nazi regime.^[2] It was originally made in 1944 during the Second World War, but its release was delayed by four years before it eventually premiered in the Soviet Zone.^[3]

Cast

Käthe Dorsch as Celia Loevengaard
Rudolf Forster as Konsul Hoyermann
Hildegard Knef as Susanne Loevengaard
Werner Fuetterer as Richard Jürgens
Hedwig Wangel as Großmutter Loevengaard
Ruth Nimbach as Lisette, Hausmädchen
Max Eckard as Fred, Artist
Gustav Knuth as Holm, Antiquitätenhändler
Erich Fiedler as Varietebesucher
Hans Stiebner as Varietebesucher
Karl Hannemann as Gläubiger bei Loevengaards
Heinrich Troxbömker as Gläubiger bei Loevengaards
Helmuth Helsig as Schlafwagenschaffner
Victor Janson as Varietiedirektor
Maria Loja as Artist
Hellmuth Passarge as Chauffeur

References

^ Trimborn p.83
^ Rentschler p.268
^ Films in Review, Volume 7. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1956. p.45

Bibliography

Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
Trimborn, Jürgen. Hildegard Knef: das Glück kennt nur Minuten : die Biographie. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2005.

External links

Journey to Happiness at IMDb

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[1] Trimborn p.83

[2] Rentschler p.268

[3] Films in Review, Volume 7. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1956. p.45

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