Till the Happy End
| Till the Happy End | |
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| Directed by | Theodor Kotulla |
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| Produced by | Hartmut Bahr |
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| Cinematography | Hans-Peter Sickert |
| Edited by | Elke Riemann |
Production company | Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Till the Happy End (German: Bis zum Happy-End) is a 1968 West German drama film directed by Theodor Kotulla and starring Klaus Löwitsch, Helga Sommerfeld and Roger Fritz.[1] Shot in Agfacolor, it was filmed on location in Bonn and Munich.[2] It was part of the New German Cinema movement.[3]
Cast
- Beatrix Ost as Frieda
- Klaus Löwitsch as Arnold
- Christof Hege as Peter
- Helga Sommerfeld as Vera
- Roger Fritz as Paul
- Liane Hielscher as Constanze
- Walter Ladengast as Großvater
- Enno Patalas as Pfarrer
- Christof Wackernagel as Assistent im Fotogeschäft
- Erika Wackernagel as Brigitte
- Christian Ziewer as Tramper
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder 2009, p. 298.
- ^ "Bis zum Happy End", filmportal.de (in German), retrieved 16 February 2026
- ^ Rentschler 1984, p. 210.
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (2009). The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books.
- Rentschler, Eric (1984). West German Film in the Course of Time: Reflections on the Twenty Years Since Oberhausen. Redgrave Publishing Company.