Laughing Heirs

Laughing Heirs
Directed by	Max Ophüls
Written by	Trude Herka (story) Felix Joachimson Max Ophüls
Produced by	Bruno Duday
Starring	Lien Deyers Heinz Rühmann Ida Wüst
Cinematography	Eduard Hoesch
Edited by	Herbert B. Fredersdorf
Music by	Clemens Schmalstich
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	6 March 1933 (1933-03-06)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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.

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

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• Laughing Heirs at IMDb