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Journey to Happiness (1948)

Journey to Happiness poster
Original title
Fahrt ins Glück
Directed by
Erich Engel
Genre
romance film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An unfinished romance film from the Nazi era finally gets a delayed release. It follows characters navigating personal relationships against the backdrop of a changing world.

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What happens

Journey to Happiness (German: Fahrt ins Glück) is a 1948 German romantic drama film directed by Erich Engel and starring Käthe Dorsch, Rudolf Forster and Hildegard Knef. It was made at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin while location shooting took place around the Attersee (lake) in Austria.The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Kettelhut. It was one of a significant number of films produced during Nazi Germany but not released until after the fall of the Nazi regime. It was originally made in 1944 during the Second World War, but its release was delayed by four years before it eventually premiered in the Soviet Zone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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