---
title: 'The Merry Heirs (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Max Ophüls'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-merry-heirs-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024236/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Merry Heirs (1933)

1933 · 76 min · Comedy · Germany

Original title: Lachende Erben

## Synopsis

Laughing Heirs is a 1933 German comedy film directed by Max Ophüls and starring Heinz Rühmann, Max Adalbert, Lien Deyers and Friedrich Ettel. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Max Ophüls](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-ophuls)
- **Screenplay:** [Felix Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-jackson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Clemens Schmalstich](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemens-schmalstich)
- **Producer:** [Bruno Duday](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-duday)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eduard Hoesch](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-hoesch)
- **Editor:** [Herbert B. Fredersdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-b-fredersdorf)

## Cast

- [Lien Deyers](https://cinepixo.com/people/lien-deyers)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Friedl Haerlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-haerlin)
- [Heinrich Gotho](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gotho)
- [Walter Janssen](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-janssen)
- [Lizzi Waldmüller](https://cinepixo.com/people/lizzi-waldmuller)
- [Ida Wüst](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-wust)
- [Max Wilmsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-wilmsen)
- [Julius Falkenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-falkenstein)
- [Max Adalbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-adalbert)
- [Friedrich Ettel](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-ettel)

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