Laughing Heirs (German: Lachende Erben) 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.
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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