''Headfirst into Happiness'' () is a 1931 German

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

Hans Steinhoff Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he produced in Nazi Germany. Life and career Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a sta ...

and starring

Jenny Jugo Jenny Jugo (born Eugenie Walter; 14 June 1904 – 30 September 2001) was an Austrian actress. She appeared in more than fifty films between 1925 and 1950. Biography Jenny Jugo was born Eugenie Walter on 14 June 1904, the daughter of a factory ...

, Fritz Schulz and S. Z. Sakall. A separate French-language version '' Everybody Wins'' was also produced. Such

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s were common during the early years of

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before

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became more widespread. It was shot at the

Joinville Studios The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont making films there. A second studio was a ...

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jacques Colombier.

Cast

as Madeleine * Fritz Schulz as Marcel Durant *Alexa Engström as Baronin Clairisse Monteuil * S. Z. Sakall as Baron Monteuil * Berthe Ostyn as Jvonne Linné *

Kurt Lilien Kurt Lilien (born Kurt Lilienthal; 6 August 1882 – 28 May 1943) was a German actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1919 and 1933. Lilien was born into a Jews, Jewish family, Lilien would be arrested and sent to Sobibor extermination camp ...

* Truus Van Aalten as Lily *Austin Egen *Gisa Bergmann *

Albert Paulig Albert Paulig (14 January 1873 – 19 March 1933) was a German film actor who was popular during the silent era. Paulig made his first film in 1914. The following year he appeared in one of Ernst Lubitsch's first directorial attempts, '' A Trip on ...

*Luigi Bernauer *

Eugen Rex Eugen Rex (8 July 1884 – 21 February 1943) was a German actor. Rex was a member of the Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party ...

References

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* 1931 comedy films German comedy films Films of the Weimar Republic Films directed by Hans Steinhoff German multilingual films Films scored by Nico Dostal German black-and-white films 1933 multilingual films Films set in Paris Films shot at Joinville Studios 1930s German films 1930s German-language films German-language comedy films {{1930s-Germany-comedy-film-stub