Happy Days in Aranjuez

{{Short description|1933 film directed by Johannes Meyer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Happy Days in Aranjuez | image =Happy Days in Aranjuez.jpg | caption = | director = [[Johannes Meyer (director)|Johannes Meyer]] | producer = [[Max Pfeiffer]] | writer = {{ubl|[[Hans Székely]] (play)|[[Robert A. Stemmle]] (play)|[[Peter Francke]]|[[Walter Wassermann]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Brigitte Helm]]|[[Gustaf Gründgens]]|[[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]]}} | music = {{ubl|[[Hans-Otto Borgmann]]|[[Ernst Erich Buder]]}} | cinematography = [[Friedl Behn-Grund]] | editing = [[Herbert B. Fredersdorf]] | studio = [[Universum Film|UFA]] | distributor = UFA | released = {{film date|1933|9|22|df=y}} | runtime = 101 minutes | country = Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Happy Days in Aranjuez''''' ({{langx|de|'''Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez'''}}) is a 1933 German [[comedy film]] directed by [[Johannes Meyer (director)|Johannes Meyer]] and starring [[Brigitte Helm]], [[Gustaf Gründgens]] and [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]]. The film focus on a notorious jewel thief operating in [[high society (group)|high society]].<ref>Kreimeier p. 217</ref> The title refers to [[Aranjuez]] in Spain.

The film was made by [[Universum Film AG|UFA]], Germany's largest production company. It was shot at the [[Babelsberg Studios]] in [[Berlin]] with sets designed by [[art director]]s [[Erich Kettelhut]] and [[Max Mellin]]. It was based on a play of the same name by [[Hans Székely]] and [[Robert A. Stemmle]]. A separate French-language version ''{{ill|Adieu les beaux jours|fr}}'' with Brigitte Helm and [[Jean Gabin]] was made. In 1936 the film was remade in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] as ''[[Desire (1936 film)|Desire]]'', a vehicle for [[Marlene Dietrich]].

==Cast== * [[Brigitte Helm]] as Olga * [[Gustaf Gründgens]] as Alexander * [[Wolfgang Liebeneiner]] as Pierre * [[Kurt Vespermann]] as Fred * [[Jakob Tiedtke]] as Juwelier Dergan * [[Max Gülstorff]] as Professor Ronnay * [[Ernst Dumcke]] as Kommissar Léron * [[Rudolf Biebrach]] as Der alte Gaston * [[Elfriede Jera]] as Marietta * [[Hans Deppe]] * [[Fritz Greiner]] * [[Harry Hardt]] * [[Paul Henckels]] * [[Leo Peukert]]

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{cite book | last = Kreimeier | first = Klaus | title = The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945 | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-520-22069-0 }}

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0024531}}

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