Chasing Fortune (German: Die Jagd nach dem Glück) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Catherine Hessling, Alexander Murski and Amy Wells. The film's art direction was by Gliese himself along with Arno Richter. It was initially made as a silent film, but was released with an added synchronised soundtrack.[1] It was filmed at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin and on location around La Ciotat in Southern France. The animator Lotte Reiniger assistant-directed the film, overseeing the shadow puppet segments.
Cast
- Catherine Hessling as Catherine
- Alexander Murski as Marquant
- Amy Wells as Jeanne, Marquants Tochter
- Berthold Bartosch as Mario
- Jean Renoir
- Lionel Royce
- Hilde Körber
- Hans Rehmann
References
- ^ Grange p. 337
Bibliography
- Grange, William. Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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