A wealthy uncle from America has named the widowed shoemaker Emil Rogge as his sole heir and bequeathed him a chest containing his entire fortune. However, the will includes a clause stipulating that the chest may only be opened after a three-month period, and Rogge will only inherit the fortune if he fulfills two conditions within that time: he must abstain from alcohol at work, and he must find and marry a wife. A con man then tries to seduce Rogge and arrange for his accomplice, the sophisticated Olga, to marry him. But in the end, Rogge not only finds the right woman but also experiences a major surprise.

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Cast

Lissy Arna

Eugenie Draxler, Rentnerin

Josef Sieber

Emil Rogge, Schuhmachermeister

Leo Peukert

Gustav Lehmann

Margarete Kupfer

Frau Tübbecke

Lotte Rausch

Olga Hannemann

Gerhard Dammann

Mann bei Frau Tübbecke

Erich Fiedler

Max Plepper alias Max Schönfeld, Hochstapler

Margarete Kupfer

Frau Tübbecke, Gastwirtin

Walter Steinbeck

Dr. Born, Rechtsanwalt und Notar

Renée Stobrawa

Lotte Jähnisch, Näherin

Ewald Wenck

Pasemann, Schneidermeister