Laughing Heirs

(Redirected from The Merry Heirs)

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.[1] 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.

Laughing Heirs
Directed byMax Ophüls
Written by
Produced byBruno Duday
Starring
CinematographyEduard Hoesch
Edited byHerbert B. Fredersdorf
Music byClemens Schmalstich
Production
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Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 6 March 1933 (1933-03-06)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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A young salesman may inherit a wine-estate on one condition: he can't drink a drop of alcohol for at least a month.

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References

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  1. ^ Kreimeier p. 218

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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