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If the Father and the Son (1955)

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?

  • Comedy
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Heinz RühmannHeinz RühmannTeddy Lemke
  • Photo of Oliver GrimmOliver GrimmUlli
  • Photo of Waltraut HaasWaltraut HaasGerti
  • Photo of Robert FreitagRobert FreitagRoy Bentley
  • Photo of Pero AlexanderPero AlexanderDonald Crossman
  • Photo of Fita BenkhoffFita BenkhoffMiss Biermann
  • Photo of Carl-Heinz SchrothCarl-Heinz SchrothPeepe
  • Photo of Rudolf SchündlerRudolf SchündlerMan in the store
  • Photo of Sybil WerdenSybil WerdenJane Bentley
  • Photo of Herbert KiperHerbert KiperAgent Miller

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