If the Father and the Son
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66% Critic Match

If the Father and the Son

6.6 / 10 1955 1h 35mNR German
ComedyDrama

Storyline

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?

Cast & Crew

Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Teddy Lemke

Lead
OG

Oliver Grimm

Ulli

Waltraut Haas

Waltraut Haas

Gerti

Robert Freitag

Robert Freitag

Roy Bentley

Pero Alexander

Pero Alexander

Donald Crossman

Fita Benkhoff

Fita Benkhoff

Miss Biermann

CS

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Peepe

Rudolf Schündler

Rudolf Schündler

Man in the store

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hans Quest's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. If the Father and the Son is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker