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Laughing Heirs is a Allemand film of genre Comedy directed by Max Ophüls released in USA on 17 november 1933 with Max Adalbert

Laughing Heirs (1933)

Lachende Erben

Laughing Heirs
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Released in USA 17 november 1933
Length 1h16
Directed by
OriginGerman
Genres Comedy,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0949653.0949653.0949653.0949653.094965

The Merry 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. The premiere was on 6 March 1933.


vteFilms directed by Max Ophüls
The Bartered Bride (1932)
The Merry Heirs (1933)
Liebelei (1933)
Everybody's Woman (1934)
The Trouble With Money (1936)
Yoshiwara (1937)
The Novel of Werther (1938)
Sarajevo (1940)
The Exile (1947)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Caught (1949)
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Vendetta (1950, fired)
La Ronde (1950)
Le Plaisir (1952)
The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
Lola Montès (1955)

Synopsis

Peter Frank a perdu son oncle, un important producteur de vin pour qui il travaillait. À l'ouverture du testament, il découvre qu'il héritera de l'entreprise de l'oncle à la condition expresse de rester sobre pendant un mois. D'autres héritiers potentiels sont prêts à récupérer l'affaire en cas de défaillance de Peter ; Peter qui vient de tomber amoureux de la fille de l'un de ses rivaux.

Actors

Max Adalbert

(Justus Bockelmann)
Lien Deyers

(Gina, Robert Stumms Tochter)
Heinz Rühmann

(Peter Frank)
Julius Falkenstein

(Dr. Weinhöppel)
Walter Janssen

(Robert Stumm)
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