Marriage with Limited Liability

Though blessed with a complex title which translates as Marriage with Limited Liability this German comedy was adapted from the more simply titled stage play Causa Kaiser Composer Georg Kaiser is unable to secure a divorce from his wife so he lives in sin with his singersweetheart Causa The girls wealthy uncle dies leaving her millions provided she is married to Georg Kaiser Hoping to take advantage of a legal loophole Georg seeks out another man named George Kaiser intending to marry him off to Causa so that she can collect her legacy Georg Kaiser 2 is a middleaged naif who cant understand why his new bride is so cold to him When he finds out hes been duped by Kaiser 1 Kaiser 2 finds solace in the arms of another woman closer to his own age which somehow leads to a happy ending for all concerned