If the Father and the Son (Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne) 68 years old

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?

Credits

If the Father and the Son Cast

Name Character
Heinz Rühmann He was 53, 92 years old when he died as Teddy Lemke
Waltraut Haas She was 28, now 96 years old as Gerti
Oliver Grimm He was 7, 69 years old when he died as Ulli
Robert Freitag He was 39, 94 years old when he died as Roy Bentley
Rudolf Schündler He was 49, 82 years old when he died as Herr im Laden

If the Father and the Son Crew

Name Department
Kurt Ulrich as Producer. He was 50 (62) years old when He died Production
Kurt Schulz as Director of Photography. He was 13 (now 55) years old Camera
Gustav Kampendonk as Screenplay. He was 46 (57) years old when He died Writing
Heino Gaze as Original Music Composer. He was 47 (59) years old when He died Sound
Eckart Hachfeld as Screenplay. He was 44 (84) years old when He died Writing
Hans Lehmann as Producer. He was 39 (66) years old when He died Production
Hans Quest as Director. He was 39 (81) years old when He died Directing
Hermann Leitner as Editor. He was 27 (85) years old when He died Editing
If the Father and the Son poster
If the Father and the Son (68 years)

  • Release day: Monday, August 01, 1955
  • Runtime: 95 minutes