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...
as Johannes Friedemann
as Gerda von Rinnlingen
as Oberstleutnant von Rinnlingen
as Konsulin Friedemann
as Henriette Friedemann
as Friederieke Friedemann
as Pfiffi Friedemann
as Schlievogt
