Detours to Happiness (German: Umwege zum Glück) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover and Viktor Staal.[1] [2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Kitzbühel in the Tyrol in annexed Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. It was distributed by UFA, Germany's largest film company of the era.

Detours to Happiness
Directed byFritz Peter Buch
Written byFritz Peter Buch
L.A.C. Müller
Produced byGeorg Witt
StarringEwald Balser
Lil Dagover
Viktor Staal
CinematographyWerner Krien
Edited byElisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music byWerner Bochmann
Production
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Georg Witt-Film
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 16 May 1939 (1939-05-16)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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References

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  1. ^ Niven p.282
  2. ^ Klaus p.184

Bibliography

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  • Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
  • Niven, Bill, Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.
  • Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.
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