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If the Father and the Son is a film of genre Drama directed by Hans Quest released in USA on 1 january 1959 with Heinz Rühmann
If the Father and the Son (1955)
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Teddy Lemke is a lodger at Miss Biermann. She has taken the six-year Ulli into care, whose mother emigrated to America. Teddy Lemke takes good care of the little Ulli - as if he was his own son. As Ulli surprises him with a children's clown costume, which he accidentally found in the attic, Teddy hesitantly tells the story of his life: Formerly he has been a famous clown who performed together with his son. When the boy died, Teddy finished his career.Actors
Heinz Rühmann
(Teddy Lemke)
Waltraut Haas
(Gerti)
Fita Benkhoff
(Fräulein Biermann)
Carl-Heinz Schroth
(Peepe)
Herbert Kiper
(Agent Miller)
Rudolf Schündler
(Man in the store)
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