Seven Years Hard Luck

Seven Years Hard Luck
Directed by Ernst Marischka
Produced by Heinrich Haas
Written by Ernst Marischka
Starring Hans Moser
Ida Wüst
Olly Holzmann
Music by Karl Föderl
Oskar Wagner
Cinematography Károly Kurzmayer
Edited by Arnfried Heyne
Production
company
Styria-Film
Distributed by Süddeutsche Commerz Film
Release date
19 December 1940
Running time
90 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Seven Years Hard Luck (German: Sieben Jahre Pech) is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Hans Moser, Ida Wüst and Olly Holzmann.[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Heinrich Richter. The film was produced by the independent company Styria-Film in German-controlled Austria. It was followed by a sequel Seven Years of Good Luck in 1942.

Synopsis

After breaking a mirror, a writer is convinced he will have seven years' bad luck. This complicates his romantic aspirations.

Cast

References

  1. Von Dassanowsky p.101

Bibliography

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


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