Isn't Life Wonderful?

original title:
Isn't Life Wonderful?
other titles:
D: Ist das Leben nicht wunderschön?
country / year of production:
USA / 1924
original length:
104 min. , black/white
premiere:
23 November 1924
genre:
melodrama
based on:
Geoffrey Moss. Isn't Life Wonderful?
director:
David (Lewelyn) Wark Griffith
film script:
David (Lewelyn) Wark Griffith , Geoffrey Moss
producer:
David (Lewelyn) Wark Griffith
cinematographer:
Hendrik Sartov , Harold S. Sintzenich
editor:
composer:
Louis Silvers
cast (role):
Carol Dempster (Inga ) , Neil Hamilton (Paul ) , Erville Alderson (The professor ) , Helen Lowell (Grandmother ) , Marcia Harris (The aunt ) , Carol Dempster , Neil Hamilton , Erville Alderson , Helen Lowell , Marcia Harris
more:
Frank Puglia (Theodor ) , Frank Puglia
plot synopsis:
A family of Polish refugees tries to survive in post-World War I Berlin. For a while it seems that they are making it, but soon the economic and political deterioration in the country begins to take their toll. Despite all hardship they are still convinced that is wonderful.
Inga, who does her best to hold her family together and keep food on the table despite grinding poverty, debilitating illness and out-of-control inflation.
keywords:
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
remarks:
As the movie failed at the box office this was Griffith's last movie as an independent director and producer.
availability:
Video NTSC