If the Father and the Son (1955)
Original title: Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne
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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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Heinz RühmannTeddy Lemke
Oliver GrimmUlli
Waltraut HaasGerti
Robert FreitagRoy Bentley
Pero AlexanderDonald Crossman
Fita BenkhoffMiss Biermann
Carl-Heinz SchrothPeepe
Rudolf SchündlerMan in the store
Sybil WerdenJane Bentley
Herbert KiperAgent MillerHans Schwarz Jr.Samson
Wolfgang CondrusBlond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)Keywords
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What is If the Father and the Son about?
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?
How long is If the Father and the Son?
If the Father and the Son has a runtime of 95 minutes.