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 |
| Sound | Clemens Schmalstich | Music |
| Production | Bruno Duday | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eduard Weinert | Wardrobe Designer |
| Writing | Trude Herka | Original Story |
| Camera | G. F. Peters | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Spindler | Wardrobe Designer |
| Writing | Max Ophüls | Adaptation |
| Directing | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hans-Otto Borgmann | Music Director |
| Editing | Herbert B. Fredersdorf | Editor |
| Writing | Felix Joachimson | Screenplay |
| Art | Benno von Arent | Production Design |
| Camera | Eduard Hoesch | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Kurt Schulz | Camera Department Production Assistant |
| Camera | Georg Ebert | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Walter Rühland | Sound |
| Sound | Fritz Rotter | Songs |
| Production | Eduard Kubat | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Waldemar Jabs | Makeup Artist |