Underplayed Gems

Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)

Five Million Look for an Heir poster
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
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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.

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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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