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Directed by | Rochus Gliese |
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Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
Music by | Theo Mackeben |
Production company | Comenius-Film |
Distributed by | Deutscher Werkfilm |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
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.