If the Father and the Son

If the Father and the Son

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 1, 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?

If the Father and the Son

95 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 1, 1955

If the Father and the Son
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?
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Berolina
Original title Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne
Directors Hans Quest
Writers Hans Grimm, Eckart Hachfeld, Gustav Kampendonk

Cast

Heinz Rühmann

as Teddy Lemke

Oliver Grimm

as Ulli

Waltraut Haas

as Gerti

Robert Freitag

as Roy Bentley

Pero Alexander

as Donald Crossman

Fita Benkhoff

as Miss Biermann

Rudolf Schündler

as Man in the store

Sybil Werden

as Jane Bentley

Herbert Kiper

as Agent Miller

Hans Schwarz Jr.

as Samson

Wolfgang Condrus

as Blond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)

Heidi Becker

as Helga

Arnim Dahl

as Art jumper