Five Million Look for an Heir
- Harald Baumgarten (novel)
- George Hurdalek
- Jacob Geis
- Heinz Rühmann
- Leny Marenbach
- Oskar Sima
company
- 1 April 1938 (1938-04-01)
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.[1] 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.
Plot
The wealthy American uncle of vacuum cleaner salesman Peter Pett stipulated in his will that Peter may only inherit the five million dollars left to him if he is happily married. Otherwise, the five million should go to Peter's Scottish cousin Patrick.
Commissioned by the executor, Mister Blubberboom comes to Europe to see if Peter is happy with his wife Hix too. But the insidious Blubberboom brings Peter to New York without his wife and wants to have the beautiful Mabel appears as his wife at the performance there.
But Patrick, who looks confusingly like his cousin, also wants the money. He appears at Hix and travels with her to New York as well. In the Atlantic Hotel, everyone meets without meeting at first. There are confusing scenes, and even as a viewer it is difficult to tell which of the two Petts you are looking at. Eventually, Blubberboom reveals himself to be a gangster and hides Hix to avoid meeting her husband. But in the end, Hix and Peter finally meet, hug, and this obvious happiness also decides about the millions. But Patrick doesn't go away empty-handed either: he won Mabel's heart.
Cast
- Heinz Rühmann as Peter Pett / Patrick Pett
- Leny Marenbach as Mabel
- Vera von Langen as Hix
- Oskar Sima as Blubberboom
- Heinz Salfner as Gould
- Olga Limburg as Vorstandsmitglied
- Claire Reigbert as Miss Hopkins, Vorstandsmitglied der Vereinigten Frauen- und Sittlichkeitsverbände
- Albert Florath as Mister Bucklespring
- Valy Arnheim as Mister Harris
- William Huch as Mister Kirkwood
- Anton Pointner as Hotelportier
- Otto Stoeckel as Arzt im Dachgarten
- Hermann Pfeiffer as Onkel Jim - NBC Radio-Reporter
References
- ^ Rentschler p. 343
Bibliography
- Rentschler, Eric, ed. (2013). German Film and Literature. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-36873-8.
External links
- Five Million Look for an Heir at IMDb
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