Laughing Heirs

Name: Laughing Heirs
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1933-03-06
Duration: 1 h 16 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Ida Wüst, Walter Janssen, Lien Deyers

March 6, 1933
Directed by
Max Ophüls

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.