Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)

Original title

5 Millionen suchen einen Erben

Directed by

Carl Boese

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about a man who becomes the target of a search for an heir. He gets caught up in a series of comedic situations.

lightheartedplayfulbriskwittywhimsicalcheerfulamusing

What happens

Five Million Look for an Heir (German: Fünf Millionen suchen einen Erben) is a 1938 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Heinz Rühmann, Leny Marenbach and Oskar Sima. It was based on a novel by Harald Baumgarten. It was shot at the Halensee and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Alfred Bütow and Willi Herrmann. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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