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

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

Johanna Schall

Bernd Michael Lade