If the Father and the Son
6.4
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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Cast
14 people
Heinz Rühmann
Teddy Lemke
Known for
The Punch Bowl
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Oliver Grimm
Ulli
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No More School
Waltraut Haas
Gerti
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The White Horse Inn
Immer die Radfahrer
Robert Freitag
Roy Bentley
Known for
Decision Before Dawn
Pero Alexander
Donald Crossman
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Quiéreme con música
Hohe Tannen
Fita Benkhoff
Miss Biermann
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Three Girls from the Rhine
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Peepe
Also in
Jakob und Adele
Alexander Zwo
Rudolf Schündler
Man in the store
Known for
The Exorcist
Suspiria
Sybil Werden
Jane Bentley
Also in
Oberarzt Dr. Solm
Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins
Herbert Kiper
Agent Miller
Also in
Heart of Stone
Ferien auf Immenhof
Hans Schwarz Jr.
Samson
Also in
The Great Love
Unser Fräulein Doktor
Wolfgang Condrus
Blond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)
Also in
Mandara
Kalle wird Bürgermeister
Hans Quest Director · Gustav Kampendonk Screenplay Eckart Hachfeld Screenplay
United States release January 1, 1959 · Produced in Germany · Production Berolina
Production
Berolina-Film
Production
Berolina
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · August 1, 1955
Theatrical
Germany · August 11, 1955
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1959
Theatrical
Germany
February 15, 1989 · TV · East Germany
August 13, 2009 · Physical · DVD
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