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Chasing Fortune 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. It was initially made as a silent film, but was released with an added synchronised soundtrack. 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.
Original Release
05/26/1930
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Catherine Hessling | Catherine |
| Alexander Murski | Marquant |
| Amy Wells | Jeanne, Marquants Tochter / Jeanne |
| Jean Renoir | Robert |
| Lionel Royce | (as Leo Reuss) / Leo Royce |
| Hilde Körber | Wells |
| Hans Rehmann | Bartosch |
| Felicitas Niedermeyer | Hessling |
| Werner Hollmann | Renoir |
Directors
Writers
Rochus Gliese, Carl Koch, Lotte Reiniger, Alex Strasser
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Catherine Hessling | Catherine |
| Alexander Murski | Marquant |
| Amy Wells | Jeanne, Marquants Tochter / Jeanne |
| Jean Renoir | Robert |
| Lionel Royce | (as Leo Reuss) / Leo Royce |
| Hilde Körber | Wells |
| Hans Rehmann | Bartosch |
| Felicitas Niedermeyer | Hessling |
| Werner Hollmann | Renoir |
