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The Happy Village (1955)

The Happy Village poster
Original title
Das fröhliche Dorf
Directed by
Rudolf Schündler
Genre
comedy film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
12
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a small German village, a series of comical misunderstandings disrupt the daily lives of the townspeople. A new arrival stirs up trouble among the local characters, leading to funny and chaotic situations.

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What happens

The Happy Village (German: Das fröhliche Dorf) is a 1955 West German comedy film directed by Rudolf Schündler and starring Hannelore Bollmann, Carl Hinrichs and Gerhard Riedmann. It is a remake of the 1934 German film Trouble with Jolanthe. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg. Location shooting took place around Lüneburg Heath. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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