If the Father and the Son (1955)

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If the Father and the Son on IMDb 6.2/10 332 votes

Released:
1955-08-01

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?

Director:
Hans Quest

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

  • Cast:
  • Heinz Rühmann
    as
    Teddy Lemke
  • Oliver Grimm
    as
    Ulli
  • Waltraut Haas
    as
    Gerti
  • Robert Freitag
    as
    Roy Bentley
  • Pero Alexander
    as
    Donald Crossman