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...
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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
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