If the Father and the Son

Aug 1, 1955

1h 35m

★ 6.2

Overview

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?

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Berolina-Film

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Cast

Teddy Lemke

Heinz Rühmann

Ulli

Oliver Grimm

Gerti

Waltraut Haas

Roy Bentley

Robert Freitag

Donald Crossman

Pero Alexander

Miss Biermann

Fita Benkhoff

Peepe

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Man in the store

Rudolf Schündler

Jane Bentley

Sybil Werden

Agent Miller

Herbert Kiper

Samson

Hans Schwarz Jr.

Blond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)

Wolfgang Condrus

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