Plot Summary

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...

Movie Details

Original Title
Der kleine Herr Friedemann
Status
released
Original Language
de

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Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDR