Chasing Fortune

Chasing Fortune (German: Die Jagd nach dem Glück, lit. 'The Hunt for Happiness') is a 1930 German drama film directed by Rochus Gliese and starring Catherine Hessling, Alexander Murski and Amy Wells. The film's art direction was by Gliese himself along with Arno Richter [de]. It was initially made as a silent film, but was released with an added synchronised soundtrack.^[1] It was filmed at the Grunewald Studios in Berlin and on location around La Ciotat in Southern France. The animator Lotte Reiniger assistant-directed the film, overseeing the shadow puppet segments.

Chasing Fortune
Directed by	Rochus Gliese
Written by	Carl Koch Lotte Reiniger Alex Strasser Rochus Gliese
Starring	Catherine Hessling Alexander Murski Amy Wells Berthold Bartosch
Cinematography	Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by	Theo Mackeben
Production company	Comenius-Film
Distributed by	Deutscher Werkfilm
Release date	27 March 1930 (1930-03-27)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Catherine Hessling as Catherine
• Alexander Murski as Marquant
• Amy Wells as Jeanne, Marquants Tochter
• Berthold Bartosch as Mario
• Jean Renoir
• Lionel Royce
• Hilde Körber
• Hans Rehmann