A landowner fakes his own death as a joke, but also to see how people will react to the news (hello, Mozart!). His realtives, drooling at the mouth from greed, rush to his castle to inherit the spoils, but when they get there, they are confronted with a strange clause to his will: there's to be an election, and the man's illegitimate daughter will emerge as the winner. 

Ein kinderloser Gutsherr täuscht sein Ableben vor, zum Schabernack und aus Neugier. Die aufs Schloß herbeigeeilten erbgierigen Verwandten finden sich einer originellen Testamentsklausel gegenüber. Sie sieht einen Wahlakt vor, aus dem die nichteheliche Tochter des Erblassers als Siegerin hervorgeht. 

DVD-r is in German with no subtitles. Approx. 93 min. See film sample for audio and video quality!