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Laughing Heirs (1933)

Laughing Heirs (1933)

Comedy Romance
Release Date: 1933, March 6
Directors: Max Ophüls
Countries: Germany
Production: UFA
Cast: Heinrich Gotho, Heinz Rühmann, Walter Janssen, Ida Wüst, Lizzi Waldmüller, Friedrich Ettel, Max Wilmsen, Lien Deyers, Max Adalbert, Julius Falkenstein, Elfriede Jerra, Frida Vera Spohr

Overview:

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.