Movielogr

View on: IMDb | TMDb

Laughing Heirs (1933)

Directed by Max Ophüls

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.

Length 76 minutes

Actors

Heinz Rühmann | Max Adalbert | Ida Wüst | Walter Janssen | Lien Deyers | Lizzi Waldmüller | Julius Falkenstein | Friedrich Ettel | Elfriede Jerra | Heinrich Gotho | Frida Vera Spohr | Max Wilmsen | Illo Gutschwager | Friedl Haerlin | Walter Hehner