Chasing Fortune

Chasing Fortune
Directed byRochus Gliese
Written by
Starring
CinematographyFritz Arno Wagner
Music byTheo Mackeben
Production
company
Comenius-Film
Distributed byDeutscher Werkfilm
Release date
  • 27 March 1930 (1930-03-27)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

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 [de]. 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.

  1. ^ Grange p. 337