''Headfirst into Happiness'' (german: Kopfüber ins Glück) is a 1931 German
comedy film
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directed by
Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era.
Life and career
Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stag ...
and starring
Jenny Jugo
Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950.
Biography
Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...
,
Fritz Schulz and
S. Z. Sakall
Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, akas: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in ...
.
A separate French-language version ''
Everybody Wins'' was also produced. Such
Multiple-language version
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s were common during the early years of
sound
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
before
dubbing
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became more widespread.
It was shot at the
Joinville Studios
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there.
A second studio was added to the original ...
in
Paris
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Jacques Colombier
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As the FN's top candidate in Aquitaine in the 2004 French regional elections, 2004 regional elections he won 11.45% of the votes in the first round ...
.
Cast
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Jenny Jugo
Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1905 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950.
Biography
Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1905, the daughter of a factory ...
as Madeleine
*
Fritz Schulz as Marcel Durant
*Alexa Engström as Baronin Clairisse Monteuil
*
S. Z. Sakall
Szőke Szakáll (born Jakab Grünwald, akas: Gärtner Sándor and Gerő Jenő; February 2, 1883 February 12, 1955), known in the English-speaking world as S. Z. Sakall, was a Hungarian-American stage and film character actor. He appeared in ...
as Baron Monteuil
*
Berthe Ostyn
Berthe Ostyn was a German film actress active in the 1930s.Goble p.368
Selected filmography
* ''The Night Belongs to Us'' (1929)
* '' The Blonde Nightingale'' (1930)
* ''The Great Longing'' (1930)
* '' The Son of the White Mountain'' (1930)
* '' ...
as Jvonne Linné
*
Kurt Lilien
Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp by the ...
*
Truus Van Aalten
Geertruida Everdina Wilhelmina van Aalten (August 2, 1910 – June 27, 1999) was a Dutch people, Dutch actress who appeared in many German films in the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography
Early life
van Aalten was born on August 2, 1910, in Arnhem ...
as Lily
*Austin Egen
*Gisa Bergmann
*
Albert Paulig
Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...
*Luigi Bernauer
*
Eugen Rex
Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923
* Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...
References
External links
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1931 comedy films
German comedy films
Films of the Weimar Republic
Films directed by Hans Steinhoff
German multilingual films
Films scored by Nico Dostal
German black-and-white films
1933 multilingual films
Films set in Paris
Films shot at Joinville Studios
1930s German films
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