''A Small Down Payment on Bliss'' () is a 1929 German silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Jaap Speyer Jaap Speyer (1891–1952) was a Dutch film director. He was married to the German actress Mia Pankau. Selected filmography * ''Hedda's Revenge'' (1919) * ''Entblätterte Blüten'' (1920) * ''Colombine (film), Colombine'' (1920) * ''Die rote Nach ...

and starring

Dina Gralla Dina Gralla (born Hedwig Gralla; 15 January 1905 – 11 November 1994) was a German film actress. Gralla was born Hedwig Gralla in Berlin to German parents. She received dance training in 1919 and performed as a ballet dancer at the revues at th ...

Paul Hörbiger Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrians, Austrian theatre and film actor. Life and work Paul Hörbiger was born in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the ...

, and

Imre Ráday Imre Ráday (4 September 1905 – 12 March 1983) was a Hungarian film actor. Ráday was born in Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary and died in Budapest, Hungary in 1983. Selected filmography * '' The Trial of Donald Westhof'' (1927) * '' Th ...

.Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9'' p. 751 The film's

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was by

Willi Herrmann Willi Herrmann (1893–1968) was a German art director. Selected filmography * '' Madness'' (1919) * '' Child on the Open Road'' (1919) * '' Jettatore'' (1919) * '' Humanity Unleashed'' (1920) * '' The Secrets of Berlin'' (1921) * '' The Mahara ...

and

Herbert O. Phillips Herbert Lippschitz (1904–1972) was a German art director. He rose to prominence during the Weimar Republic in the early sound era. The Jewish Lippschitz was forced to leave Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933. This lar ...

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* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Jaap Speyer German silent feature films German black-and-white films 1929 comedy films Silent German comedy films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1920s-Germany-silent-comedy-film-stub