''The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (german: Der Tanz um Liebe und Glück) is a 1921 German

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directed by Willy Zeyn and starring

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and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 261 It premiered at the

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Franz Schroedter Franz Schroedter (9 May 1897 – 14 November 1968) was a German art director.Giesen p.212 Selected filmography * '' The Black Count'' (1920) * '' The Dance of Love and Happiness'' (1921) * '' The New Paradise'' (1921) * '' The Queen of Whitechap ...

Cast

as Direktor Mac Sullivan *

as Gladys *

as Harry Gordon * Elisabeth Grube as Sibyll * Fritz Beckmann as Direktor des Varieté Fledermaus *

Karl Harbacher Karl Harbacher (1879–1943) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' Miss Piccolo'' (1914) * '' No Sin on the Alpine Pastures'' (1915) * ''Fanny Elssler'' (1920) * '' Das blaue Duell'' (1920) * '' The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (1921) ...

as Gordons Diener *

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* Danny Guertler *

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References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

* 1921 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Willy Zeyn German black-and-white films 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub