
The Lübeck merchant Friedemann owes his crippled figure to a wet nurse "devoted to drink". He lives a secluded life with his three simple-minded sisters and his bedridden mother, loving only the theater and music. Only Gerda, the unhappy wife of the district commander of Rinnlingen, makes him blossom...
Directed by Peter Vogel
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Cast

Ulrich Mühe
Johannes Friedemann
Maria von Bismarck
Gerda von Rinnlingen

Dieter Mann
Oberstleutnant von Rinnlingen

Inge Keller
Konsulin Friedemann

Christine Schorn
Henriette Friedemann

Jenny Gröllmann
Friederieke Friedemann

Carmen-Maja Antoni
Pfiffi Friedemann

Dietrich Körner
Schlievogt

Lissy Tempelhof

Margit Bendokat

Johannes Terne
Manfred Gorr

Johanna Schall
Petra Gorr
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