Seven Years Hard Luck

{{short description|1940 German romantic comedy film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Seven Years Hard Luck

| image =Seven Years Hard Luck.jpg

| caption =

| director = Ernst Marischka

| producer = Heinrich Haas

| writer = Ernst Marischka

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Hans Moser|Ida Wüst|Olly Holzmann}}

| music = {{ubl|Karl Föderl|Oskar Wagner}}

| cinematography = Károly Kurzmayer

| editing = Arnfried Heyne

| studio = Styria-Film

| distributor = Süddeutsche Commerz Film

| released = {{Film date|1940|12|19|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = Germany

| language = German

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Seven Years Hard Luck ({{langx|de|Sieben Jahre Pech}}) is a 1940 German romantic comedy film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Hans Moser, Ida Wüst and Olly Holzmann.Von Dassanowsky p. 101

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Ledersteger and Heinrich Richter. The film was produced by the independent company Styria-Film in German-controlled Austria. It was followed by a sequel Seven Years of Good Luck in 1942.

Synopsis

After breaking a mirror, a writer is convinced he will have seven years' bad luck. This complicates his romantic aspirations.

Cast

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Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.
  • Robert Von Dassanowsky. Austrian Cinema. McFarland & Co, 2005.