Lachende Erben (aka Laughing Heirs) (1933)

Set in the Rhine river wine country, a bachelor (Heinz Ruhmann) stands to inherit his recently deceased Uncle's vineyards. But the inheritance comes with a caveat. He must abstain from alcohol for a full month in order to receive the inheritance. Meanwhile, his greedy relatives concoct plans to get him to take a drink so they can claim the inheritance. Directed by Max Ophuls (LA RONDE). When one thinks of Ophuls, you tend to think of his lush melodramas like LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN and EARRINGS OF MADAME DE or his film noirs like THE RECKLESS MOMENT or CAUGHT, not screwball romcoms. It's a slight piece of whimsical comedy, often amusing, something that Preston Sturges might have tossed off at Paramount in the 1940s with Eddie Bracken in Ruhmann's role. Ruhmann has a charming demeanor and he pairs well with Lien Deyers as the daughter of a wine making competitor. With Ida Wust, Max Adalbert, Lizzi Waldmuller and Julius Falkenstein.