''A Small Down Payment on Bliss'' (german: Ein kleiner Vorschuß auf die Seligkeit) is a 1929 German
silent comedy film
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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'' (1920)
* '' Die rote Nacht'' (1921)
* '' ...
and starring
Dina Gralla,
Paul Hörbiger
Paul Hörbiger (29 April 1894 – 5 March 1981) was an Austrian theatre and film actor.
Life and work
Paul Hörbiger was born in the Hungarian capital Budapest, then part of Austria-Hungary, the son of engineer Hanns Hörbiger, founder of t ...
, and
Imre Ráday.
[Gerhard Lamprecht. ''Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9'' p. 751]
The film's
art direction
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was by
Willi Herrmann and
Herbert O. Phillips.
Cast
References
External links
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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
German comedy films
1929 comedy films
Silent comedy films
1920s German films
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