Isn't Life Wonderful

1h 55m
DramaRomance
6.2

A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great Inflation. Inga is a Polish war orphan who has only accumulated a small amount of money from the rubble and hopes to marry Paul. Weakened by poison gas, Paul begins to invest in Inga's future and he serves as their symbol of optimism.

Cast

Carol Dempster
Inga
Neil Hamilton
Paul
Erville Alderson
The Professor
Helen Lowell
The Grandmother
Marcia Harris
The Aunt
Frank Puglia
Theodor
Lupino Lane
Rudolph
Hans Adalbert Schlettow
Leader of the Workers
Paul Rehkopf
Hungry Worker
Robert Scholtz
Hungry Worker
Walter Plimmer
The American
Desha Delteil
Cabaret Dancer

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Director, Writer, Producer
Geoffrey Moss
Novel
Harold S. Sintzenich
Director of Photography
Hendrik Sartov
Director of Photography

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