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number of films produced during Nazi Germany but not released until after the fall of the Nazi regime.[2] It was originally made in 1944 during the Second World War, but its release was delayed by four years before it eventually premiered in the Soviet Zone.[3]

Journey to Happiness
Directed byErich Engel
Written byThea von Harbou
Produced byWalter Bolz
StarringKäthe Dorsch
Rudolf Forster
Hildegard Knef
CinematographyFranz Weihmayr
Edited byWalter von Bonhorst
Music byBruno Balz
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Distributed bySovexport Film
Release date
  • 6 August 1948 (1948-08-06)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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References

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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

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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