
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...
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
Unknown

Margit Bendokat
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Johannes Terne
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Manfred Gorr
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Johanna Schall
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Petra Gorr
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Bernd Michael Lade
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Eckhard Becker
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Eva Schäfer
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Gertraud Kreissig
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Silke Matthias
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Erhard Marggraf
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Torsten Michaelis
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Eva Weißenborn
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Ilse Bastubbe
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