''One Hour of Happiness'' (german: Eine Stunde Glück) is a 1931 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

directed by

William Dieterle William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his ...

and starring Dieterle, Evelyn Holt, and Harald Paulsen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 178 It was released by the German branch of

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

Synopsis

Two workers in a

department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic appe ...

see an attractive but poverty-stricken newspaper seller looking through the window at the goods inside. As part of a game they decide to give her gifts of items in the shop, but she doesn't realize that they are only pretending.

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* 1931 films Films of the Weimar Republic German drama films 1931 drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by William Dieterle Films set in department stores Universal Pictures films German black-and-white films 1930s German films {{1930s-Germany-film-stub