If the Father and the Son
1955, German. Directed by Hans Quest.
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?
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Hans QuestDirector
- Heinz RühmannTeddy Lemke
- Oliver GrimmUlli
- Waltraut HaasGerti
- Robert FreitagRoy Bentley
- Pero AlexanderDonald Crossman
- Fita BenkhoffMiss Biermann
- Carl-Heinz SchrothPeepe
- Rudolf SchündlerMan in the store
- Sybil WerdenJane Bentley
- Herbert KiperAgent Miller
- Hans Schwarz Jr.Samson
- Wolfgang CondrusBlond boy with soccer ball (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 1 August 1955
- Original title
- Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Gustav Kampendonk, Eckart Hachfeld
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If the Father and the Son runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is If the Father and the Son on?
If the Father and the Son isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 August 1955. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like If the Father and the Son?
If you liked If the Father and the Son, try Fatherhood, The Kid, It Runs in the Family.
Who directed If the Father and the Son?
If the Father and the Son (1955) was directed by Hans Quest and stars Heinz Rühmann, Oliver Grimm, Waltraut Haas.