If the Father and the Son

If the Father and the Son

1955•1h 35m•6.4/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(17)

After Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the mother suddenly appears five years later and wants her son, Teddy decides to run away with the child and goes back onstage with his son. Will the family catch up with them, or will the mother never get her son back?

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Production

Berolina-Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Teddy Lemke

Oliver Grimm

Ulli

Waltraut Haas

Waltraut Haas

Gerti

Robert Freitag

Robert Freitag

Roy Bentley

Pero Alexander

Pero Alexander

Donald Crossman

Fita Benkhoff

Fita Benkhoff

Miss Biermann

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Peepe

Rudolf Schündler

Rudolf Schündler

Man in the store

Sybil Werden

Sybil Werden

Jane Bentley

Herbert Kiper

Herbert Kiper

Agent Miller

Hans Schwarz Jr.

Samson

Wolfgang Condrus

Wolfgang Condrus

Blond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)

Heidi Becker

Helga

Arnim Dahl

Art jumper

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