When the wife of Sebastian Schumann left her family, he told his little daughter that her mother has died, because he thought that this was the easiest way for her to accept that her mother is now gone. But this was only the beginning of a lot of lies he tells her continuously, mostly about himself and his job. This way he also tries to hide away from her the fact that he had to quit his job as a traveler and is now paid much less than before.
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Cast
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Heinz Rühmann
Sebastian Schumann
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Giulia Follina
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Annemarie Düringer
Annemarie Karsten
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Blandine Ebinger
Fräulein Kriese
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Gustav Knuth
Rotbarth
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Werner Hinz
Sperber
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Joseph Offenbach
Bettler
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Werner Schumacher
Goliath
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Balduin Baas
Wiedemayer
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Günther Jerschke
Inspektor
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Willy Maertens
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Ladislao Vajda Director · Herman Shiffrin Writer Hermann Haller Editor
First release December 20, 1961 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Lügner
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Real-Film
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Germany
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Original title
Der Lügner
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 20, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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