Laughing Heirs

Laughing Heirs — Plot

After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but ‘for reasons of moral rectitude’ he has no intention of running an ‘alcoholic business’. The opening of the will comes as a surprise to all the potential heirs.

• Release date
• March 6, 1933
• Runtime
• 76 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Romance
• Director
• Max Ophüls

Laughing Heirs — Cast

Heinz Rühmann Peter Frank Max Adalbert Justus Bockelmann Ida Wüst Britta Bockelmann Walter Janssen Robert Stumm Lien Deyers Gina, Robert Stumms Tochter Lizzi Waldmüller Liane Heller Julius Falkenstein Dr. Weinhöppel

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Friedrich Ettel Kellermeister Schlemmel