A Cheerful House
1944, German. Directed by Johannes Guter.
Viktor Werneberg is a widowed swimming instructor with three children, who meets the sophisticated Irene Müller advice column in a newspaper. Although the two strike up a bond he is concerned that his chaotic household, including a lazy uncle Paul and an domineering housekeeper Grete, will put Irene off.
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Johannes GuterDirector
- Carla RustDr. Irene Müller
- Rolf WeihViktor Wernebach
- Hans LeibeltOnkel Paul Hagedorn
- Carsta LöckGrete
- Ursula HerkingIrenes Freundin Ursula
- Georg ThomallaCast
- Wilhelm BendowCast
- Lotte RauschTante Mariechen
- Arthur ReinhardtCast
- Erich FiedlerClemens Langen
- Irmingard SchreiterSportstudentin Hilde Dyrenfurth
- Olga LimburgTante Liesbeth
Details
- Released
- 16 November 1944
- Original title
- Ein fröhliches Haus
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Johannes Guter, Max Pfeiffer, Jochen Kuhlmey
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A Cheerful House runs 76 minutes (1h 16m).
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A Cheerful House isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 November 1944. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Cheerful House?
A Cheerful House (1944) was directed by Johannes Guter and stars Carla Rust, Rolf Weih, Hans Leibelt.