Happiness Is the Main Thing

Happiness Is the Main Thing

1941 · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

Axel Roth is happy in his marriage and with his job. But his mother-in-law wants more for her daughter and manages to sow discord. When the two of them use cunning to secure an invitation to a high-society gathering at the general director's house, Axel's wife loses an expensive borrowed brooch there. From now on, he has to work day and night to pay off the jewelry...

Directed by Theo Lingen

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