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Leap into Bliss

1934 film by Fritz Schulz

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ6509925 ↗
Source-derived summary

Leap into Bliss (German: Salto in die Seligkeit) is a 1934 Austrian comedy film directed by Fritz Schulz and starring Schulz, Olly Gebauer and Rosy Barsony. It was one of a number of Austrian films made by newly founded independent film companies by German filmmakers who were forced to leave Nazi Germany after 1933 - a cycle which ended with the Anchluss of 1938.

Cast

Fritz Schulz - Fritz Wiesinger

Olly Gebauer - Anny

Rosy Barsony - Ilona, ein Revuestar

Felix Bressart - Kriegel, Geheimdetektiv

Josef Rehberger - Rudi May, Inhaber Warenhaus May

Tibor Halmay - Karl, ein ehemaliger Artist

Fritz Imhoff - Ein Herr aus Linz

Hans Homma - Braun - Geschäftsführer

Iris Arlan - Mrs. Huber

Hans Unterkircher - Baron Rivoli

Illa Raudnitz - Verkäuferin im Warenhaus

References

Bibliography

Kohl, Katrin & Robertson, Ritchie. A History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000. Camden House, 2006.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Leap into Bliss” as 1934 film by Fritz Schulz. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1934, 1933, 1938, 1918—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1934-01-01. The account is most persuasive where Leap, Bliss and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1934 film by Fritz Schulz. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6509925. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1934, 1933, 1938 and 1918.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Leap into Bliss” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.