# Good Fortune in Ohio > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Good_Fortune_in_Ohio > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Good_Fortune_in_Ohio.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Fortune_in_Ohio > Source revision: 1355506551 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1950 film Good Fortune in Ohio Directed by Heinz Paul Written by Ludwig Bender Edgar Kahn Heinz Paul Produced by Heinrich Schier Wilhelm Sperber Starring Hermann Brix Edith Prager Loni Heuser Cinematography Erich Claunigk Edited by Doris Zeltmann Music by Herbert Jarczyk Production company Merkur-Film Distributed by Danubia Emka-Filmverleih Release date 22 December 1950 (1950-12-22) Running time 85 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***Good Fortune in Ohio*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Glück aus Ohio***) is a 1950 West German [comedy film](/source/Comedy_film) directed by [Heinz Paul](/source/Heinz_Paul) and starring [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix), [Edith Prager](/source/Edith_Prager) and [Loni Heuser](/source/Loni_Heuser).[1] It was shot at the [Schwanthalerhöhe](/source/Schwanthalerh%C3%B6he) Studios in [Munich](/source/Munich) and [on location](/source/Location_shooting) around the city and its vicinity. The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/Art_director) [Hans Kuhnert](/source/Hans_Kuhnert).[2] ## Synopsis Gustl Kreuder is a [salesman](/source/Salesman) of [fire extinguishers](/source/Fire_extinguisher) who struggled to make ends meet. To give his wife Kathrin some hope, he pretends he has received an [inheritance](/source/Inheritance) from an uncle in the [United States](/source/United_States) and can occasionally treat her. Word gets out and he soon finds himself in great demand socially and professionally due to his deception. While driving one day he sees a luxury American car in trouble and on flames, and rushes to help. The owner is so impressed that he places a very large order for fire extinguishers, proving that some part of the "[economic miracle](/source/Wirtschaftswunder)" was due to his deception. ## Cast - [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix) as Gustl Kreuder - [Edith Prager](/source/Edith_Prager) as Kathrin, seine Frau - [Loni Heuser](/source/Loni_Heuser) as Fanny Schulz - [Josef Sieber](/source/Josef_Sieber) as Ottokar Schulz - [Paul Henckels](/source/Paul_Henckels) as Direktor Hasenkamp - [Adolf Gondrell](/source/Adolf_Gondrell) as C.O. Klotz - [Helmuth Rudolph](/source/Helmuth_Rudolph) as Herkules - [Linda Caroll](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linda_Caroll&action=edit&redlink=1) as Patricia ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Goble p.780 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://www.filmportal.de/film/glueck-aus-ohio_5558ca39f8d64cb896353f5b558611c3](https://www.filmportal.de/film/glueck-aus-ohio_5558ca39f8d64cb896353f5b558611c3) ## Bibliography - Goble, Alan. *The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film*. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. ## External links - [*Good Fortune in Ohio*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130738/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Heinz Paul The Dancer from Tanagra (1920) The Dice Game of Life (1925) Department Store Princess (1926) The Street of Forgetting (1926) U-9 Weddigen (1927) The False Prince (1927) The Carousel of Death (1928) The Woman of Yesterday and Tomorrow (1928) Three Days of Life and Death (1929) The Midnight Waltz (1929) The Love Market (1930) The Somme (1930) Marriage in Name Only (1930) Student Life in Merry Springtime (1931) Circus Life (1931) Douaumont - Die Hölle von Verdun (1931) The Other Side (1931) Tannenberg (1932) Trenck (1932) Marshal Forwards (1932) William Tell (1934) The Four Musketeers (1934) Miracle of Flight (1935) Immortal Melodies (1935) Paul and Pauline (1936) Das Hermännchen. Nee, nee, was es nich' alles gibt (1936) Hilde and the Volkswagen (1936) Hahn im Korb (1937) Comrades at Sea (1938) Come Back to Me (1944) Schicksal am Strom (1944) Good Fortune in Ohio (1950) Operation Edelweiss (1954) Wo der Wildbach rauscht (1956) Marriages Forbidden (1957) The Elephant in a China Shop (1958) Hula-Hopp, Conny (1959) Oriental Nights (1960) This article related to a German comedy film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1950s-Germany-comedy-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Good Fortune in Ohio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Fortune_in_Ohio) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Fortune_in_Ohio?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.