''Seven Years of Good Luck'' () is a 1942 German

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directed by

Ernst Marischka Ernst Marischka (2 January 1893 – 12 May 1963) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 90 films between 1913 and 1962. He also directed 29 films between 1915 and 1962. He wrote and directed the Sissi trilogy ...

and starring Wolf Albach-Retty,

Theo Lingen Theo Lingen (; 10 June 1903 – 10 November 1978), born Franz Theodor Schmitz, was a German actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1929 and 1978, and directed 21 films between 1936 and 1960. Life and c ...

and Hans Moser. It is a sequel to the 1940 film '' Seven Years Hard Luck''.Von Dassanowsky p. 101 It was shot at the

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Studios in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Piero Filippone. A separate Italian version '' Seven Years of Happiness'' was also released.

Cast

In alphabetical order * Wolf Albach-Retty as Heinz Kersten *

as Paul Griebling * Hans Moser as Dr. August Teisinger * Rio Nobile * Elli Parvo as Melitta * Hannelore Schroth as Hella Jüttner * Oskar Sima

References

Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. * Von Dassanowsky, Robert. ''Austrian Cinema''. McFarland & Co, 2005.

External links

* 1942 films 1942 comedy films 1940s multilingual films German comedy films Films of Nazi Germany 1940s German-language films Films directed by Ernst Marischka Films shot in Rome German multilingual films German sequel films Bavaria Film films Films shot at Cinecittà Studios German black-and-white films 1940s German films {{1940s-Germany-film-stub