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...
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
Eckhard Becker
Silke Matthias
Torsten Michaelis
Eva Weißenborn