After the death of his uncle, the owner of the Rhine based Bockelmann Sparkling Wine, Peter turns up for the reading of the will. Justus Bockelmann, a producer of mineral water, is confident he will inherit the business, but ‘for reasons of moral rectitude’ he has no intention of running an ‘alcoholic business’. The opening of the will comes as a surprise to all the potential heirs.
| Directing | Max Ophüls | Director |
| Directing | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Jabs | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Clemens Schmalstich | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Spindler | Wardrobe Designer |
| Writing | Felix Joachimson | Screenplay |
| Camera | Kurt Schulz | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eduard Weinert | Wardrobe Designer |
| Editing | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Editor |
| Camera | Georg Ebert | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Music Director |
| Production | Bruno Duday | Executive Producer |
| Camera | G. F. Peters | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Camera | Eduard Hoesch | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Trude Herka | Original Story |
| Sound | Walter Rühland | Sound |
| Writing | Max Ophüls | Adaptation |
| Art | Benno von Arent | Production Design |
| Production | Eduard Kubat | Producer |
| Sound | Fritz Rotter | Songs |