Laughing Heirs

Laughing Heirs () is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Lien Deyers and Friedrich Ettel. It was shot at the Babelsberg and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in the Rhineland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Benno von Arent.The premiere was on 6 March 1933.

Synopsis

A young salesman may inherit a wine-estate on one condition: he can't drink a drop of alcohol for at least a month.

Cast

Heinz Rühmann as Peter Frank

Lien Deyers as Gina, Robert Stumms Tochter

Ida Wüst as Britta Bockelmann

Max Adalbert as Justus Bockelmann

Lizzi Waldmüller as Liane Heller

Julius Falkenstein as Dr. Weinhöppel, Notar

Walter Janssen as Robert Stumm

Friedrich Ettel as Schlemmel, Kellermeister

Elfriede Jera as Sekretärin von Robert Stamm

Heinrich Gotho as Verwandter bei der Testamentseröffnung

Illo Gutschwager as Junger Gast bei Schlemmel

Friedl Haerlin as Nebenrolle

Vera Spohr as Junge Zugreisende

Walter Steinbeck as Ein Fahrgast

Max Wilmsen as Schiffspassagier

References

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1933 films

1933 comedy films

Banned films in Nazi Germany

German comedy films

Films of the Weimar Republic

1930s German-language films

Films directed by Max Ophüls

Films about wine

UFA GmbH films

Films shot at Babelsberg Studios

Films shot at Tempelhof Studios

German black-and-white films

1930s German films