---
title: 'Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carl Boese'
released: '1938-04-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/five-million-look-for-an-heir-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030165/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Five Million Look for an Heir (1938)

1938 · 85 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Fünf Millionen suchen einen Erben

## Synopsis

Five Million Look for an Heir 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carl Boese](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-boese)
- **Screenplay:** [George Hurdalek](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-hurdalek), [Jacob Geis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacob-geis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lothar Brühne](https://cinepixo.com/people/lothar-bruhne)
- **Producer:** [Hans Tost](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-tost)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ewald Daub](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-daub)
- **Editor:** [Gottlieb Madl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottlieb-madl)

## Cast

- [Otto Stoeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-stoeckel)
- [Gerhard Dammann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-dammann)
- [Valy Arnheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/valy-arnheim)
- [Albert Florath](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-florath)
- [Käte Jöken-König](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-joken-konig)
- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Anton Pointner](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-pointner)
- [Vera von Langen](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-von-langen)
- [Bayume Mohamed Husen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bayume-mohamed-husen)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Hermann Pfeiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-pfeiffer)
- [Valeska Stock](https://cinepixo.com/people/valeska-stock)
- [Gustav Püttjer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-puttjer)
- [Hans Hemes](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hemes)
- [Heinz Salfner](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-salfner)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/five-million-look-for-an-heir-1938
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1481667); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.