Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein
Brief Synopsis
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Tiffany is 20 years old, single and neurotic, dreamy, superstitious and contradictory. She bakes fortune cookies and sells them in a Deli. However, she herself does not believe in the feeling of happiness, because after every happy phase in her life, there seemed to have followed a catastrophe.
Cast & Crew
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Sherry Hormann
Director
Johanna Wokalek
Iris Berben
David Kross
Richy Müller
Benjamin Sadler
Film Details
Also Known As
Pursuit of Unhappiness, The
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2012
Production Company
Ard ; Bayerischer Rundfunk ; Deutscher Filmförderfonds ; Film und Medienstiftung NRW ; Filmfernsehfonds Bayern ; German Federal Film Board ; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Gmbh ; Studio Babelsberg ; StudioCanal ; Studiocanal
Distribution Company
Filmladen Gmbh ; Rialto Film Ag ; StudioCanal ; Studiocanal
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 27m
Synopsis
Tiffany is 20 years old, single and neurotic, dreamy, superstitious and contradictory. She bakes fortune cookies and sells them in a Deli. However, she herself does not believe in the feeling of happiness, because after every happy phase in her life, there seemed to have followed a catastrophe.
Director
Sherry Hormann
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Pursuit of Unhappiness, The
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2012
Production Company
Ard ; Bayerischer Rundfunk ; Deutscher Filmförderfonds ; Film und Medienstiftung NRW ; Filmfernsehfonds Bayern ; German Federal Film Board ; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Gmbh ; Studio Babelsberg ; StudioCanal ; Studiocanal
Distribution Company
Filmladen Gmbh ; Rialto Film Ag ; StudioCanal ; Studiocanal
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 27m
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Miscellaneous Notes
Based on the book "Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein" (The Situation Is Hopeless But Not Serious (The Pursuit of Unhappiness) by Paul Watzlawick, published in the U.S. by W. W. Norton & Company in 1983 and in Germany by Piper, München in 1983.
