A Small Down Payment on Bliss

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A Small Down Payment on Bliss
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Directed by Jaap Speyer
Written by
Produced by Richard Eichberg
Starring
Cinematography
Music by Otto Stenzeel  [ de ]
Production
companies
Distributed bySüd-Film
Release date
  • 9 April 1929 (1929-04-09)
CountryGermany
Languages

A Small Down Payment on Bliss ( ‹See Tfd› German : Ein kleiner Vorschuß auf die Seligkeit) is a 1929 German silent comedy film directed by Jaap Speyer and starring Dina Gralla, Paul Hörbiger, and Imre Ráday. [1]

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The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann and Herbert O. Phillips.

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References

  1. Gerhard Lamprecht. Deutsche Stummfilme, Volume 9 p. 751