If the Father and the Son (1959)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1959 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 35m

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?

Hans Quest

Director

Gustav Kampendonk

Screenplay

Eckart Hachfeld

Screenplay

Cast

Heinz Rühmann's headshot

Heinz Rühmann

Teddy Lemke
Oliver Grimm's headshot

Oliver Grimm

Ulli
Waltraut Haas's headshot

Waltraut Haas

Gerti
Robert Freitag's headshot

Robert Freitag

Roy Bentley
Pero Alexander's headshot

Pero Alexander

Donald Crossman
Fita Benkhoff's headshot

Fita Benkhoff

Miss Biermann
Carl-Heinz Schroth's headshot

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Peepe
Rudolf Schündler's headshot

Rudolf Schündler

Man in the store

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