---
title: 'Happiness Is the Main Thing (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Theo Lingen'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Nazi Germany'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/happiness-is-the-main-thing-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033694/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Happiness Is the Main Thing (1941)

1941 · 94 min · Comedy · Nazi Germany, Germany

Original title: Hauptsache glücklich

## Synopsis

Happiness is the Main Thing is a 1941 German comedy film directed by Theo Lingen and starring Heinz Rühmann, Hertha Feiler and Ida Wüst. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and the Hostivar Studios in Prague. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Theo Lingen](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-lingen)
- **Screenplay:** [Jochen Karl Werner Huth](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-karl-werner-huth)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Bochmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-bochmann)
- **Producer:** [Ernesto Remani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernesto-remani)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oskar Schnirch](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-schnirch)
- **Editor:** [Hildegard Grebner](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-grebner)

## Cast

- [Jane Tilden](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-tilden)
- [Max Gülstorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-gulstorff)
- [Theo Shall](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-shall)
- [Hans Leibelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-leibelt)
- [Annemarie Holtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/annemarie-holtz)
- [Ernst G. Schiffner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-g-schiffner)
- [Hans Zesch-Ballot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zesch-ballot)
- [Hans Paetsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-paetsch)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Hertha Feiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hertha-feiler)
- [Ida Wüst](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-wust)
- [Karl Etlinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-etlinger)
- [Arthur Wiesner](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-wiesner)
- [Hilde Sessak](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-sessak)
- [Hilde Wagener](https://cinepixo.com/people/hilde-wagener)

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