''Two Happy People'' (german: Zwei glückliche Menschen) is a 1943
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
E. W. Emo and starring
Magda Schneider
Magdalena Maria Schneider (17 May 1909 – 30 July 1996) was a German actress and singer. She was the mother of the actress Romy Schneider.
Biography
Magdalena Maria Schneider was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, the daughter of a plumber. She att ...
,
Wolf Albach-Retty, and
Oskar Sima
Oskar Sima (31 July 1896 – 24 June 1969) was an Austrian actor who is best remembered for appearing in supporting roles in countless comedy films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Born in Hohenau an der March, Lower Austria, Sima attended high sc ...
. The film was made by
Wien-Film
Wien-Film GmbH ("Vienna Film Limited") was a large Austrian film company, which in 1938 succeeded the Tobis-Sascha-Filmindustrie AG (Sascha Film Company) and lasted until 1985. Until 1945 the business was owned by the Cautio Trust Company (''Cauti ...
, a Vienna-based company set up after Austria had been incorporated into
Greater Germany
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following the 1938
Anschluss
The (, or , ), also known as the (, en, Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the Nazi Germany, German Reich on 13 March 1938.
The idea of an (a united Austria and Germany that would form a "Ger ...
.
The film's sets were designed by the
art directors
Erich Grave and
Franz Berger.
Premise
Two divorce lawyers' intense commitment to their work almost leads to the breakdown of their own marriage.
Cast
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1943 films
Films of Nazi Germany
German romantic comedy films
1943 romantic comedy films
1940s German-language films
Films directed by E. W. Emo
Films about divorce
German black-and-white films
1940s German films
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