
The somewhat indolent father Traugott Wurster looks after his six sons while his wife works in a butcher's shop. One day, when Traugott falls into a mysterious prolonged sleep, mother Wurster is forced to give the children to relatives. Markus is sent to the stuffy Uncle Theodor, who turns into a childhood friend under his influence. Mother Wurster also "rents" the sleeping Traugott to a furniture store, which uses him to advertise mattresses in the shop window.
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Cast

Gert Fröbe
Traugott Wurster / Theodor Wurster

Barbara Rütting
Mutter Wurster

Wera Frydtberg
Tante Erika

Josef Moosholzer
Kurdirektor Pichmann

David Bennent
Manfred Wurster

Axel Schiessler
Herr Karl
Rolf Patzer
Lehrer Astel
Henry Gregor
Lehrer Bickenbach
Werner Schwier
Landrat
Alfred Edel
Professor
Simon Schmidt
Thomas Wurster

Rosl Mayr
Frau am Balkon
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