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Detours to Happiness (German: Umwege zum Glück) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Fritz Peter Buch and starring Ewald Balser, Lil Dagover and Viktor Staal.[1] [2] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Kitzbühel in the Tyrol in annexed Austria. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Ludwig Reiber. It was distributed by UFA, Germany's largest film company of the era.

Detours to Happiness
Directed by	Fritz Peter Buch
Written by	Fritz Peter Buch L.A.C. Müller
Produced by	Georg Witt
Starring	Ewald Balser Lil Dagover Viktor Staal
Cinematography	Werner Krien
Edited by	Elisabeth Kleinert-Neumann
Music by	Werner Bochmann
Production company	Georg Witt-Film
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	16 May 1939
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Cast

• Ewald Balser as Thomas Bracht
• Lil Dagover as Hanna Bracht
• Eugen Klöpfer as Vater von Hanna
• Viktor Staal as Mathias Holberg
• Claire Winter as Marianne Schlüter
• Roma Bahn as Gast bei Brachts
• Elfe Gerhart as Jeanette Danieli
• Erich Dunskus as Viehhändler
• Walter Gross as Konzertgast
• Elisabeth Botz as Hannas Wirtschafterin
• Erich Ziegel as Dr. Wismar
• Franz Stein as Dr. Lehmann
• Oscar Sabo as Fröbe
• Hans Brausewetter as Burmann
• Vera Complojer as Frau Börnham
• Herbert Weissbach as Gast bei Bracht
• Franz Weber as Diener von Bracht
• Albert Venohr as Chauffeur von Bracht
• Carl Heinz Peters as Gast bei Brachts
• Walter Ladengast as Komponist
• Araca Makarova as Tänzerin

References

Bibliography

• Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1939. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
• Niven, Bill, Hitler and Film: The Führer's Hidden Passion. Yale University Press, 2018.
• Rentschler, Eric. The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife. Harvard University Press, 1996.

External links

• Detours to Happiness at IMDb

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