The Pursuit of Happiness

Cast

Catherine Hessling

as Catherine

Alexander Murski

as Marquant

Amy Wells

as Jeanne

Berthold Bartosch

as Mario

Jean Renoir

Lionel Royce

as Leo Royce

Hilde Körber

as Wells

Hans Rehmann

as Bartosch

Felicitas Niedermeyer

as Hessling

Werner Hollmann

as Renoir

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