Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Set in Germany shortly before the collapse of the Weimar Republic, this romantic drama chronicles the travails of an impoverished newlywed couple who leave their home village and move in with the groom's stepmother in bustling Berlin to find success. The husband gets a small job in a department store and things are okay until they discover that the stepmother is really a notorious madame and runs an exclusive brothel. This leads the groom to quit his job and take his pregnant bride on the road in search of opportunity. The plot is based on a novel by Hans Fallada. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, (more)
- Director(s):
- Frank Borzage
Synopsis of Little Man, What Now?
Set in Germany shortly before the collapse of the Weimar Republic, this romantic drama chronicles the travails of an impoverished newlywed couple who leave their home village and move in with the groom's stepmother in bustling Berlin to find success. The husband gets a small job in a department store and things are okay until they discover that the stepmother is really a notorious madame and runs an exclusive brothel. This leads the groom to quit his job and take his pregnant bride on the road in search of opportunity. The plot is based on a novel by Hans Fallada. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Little Man, What Now?
- Margaret Sullavan - Lammchen Pinneberg
- Alan Hale - Jachman
- Fred Kohler - Communist
- DeWitt Jennings - Emil Kleinholz
- Muriel Kirkland - Marie Kleinholz
- Sarah Padden - Widow Scharrenhofer
- George Meeker - Shultz
- Monroe Owsley - Kessler
- Frank Reicher - Lehman
- Etienne Girardot - Spannfuss
- Tom Ricketts - Mr. Sesam
- Paul Fix - Lauderback
- Douglass Montgomery - Hans Pinneberg
- Catherine Doucet - Mia Pinneberg
- Mae Marsh - His Wife
- Alan Mowbray - Franz Schluter, the Actor
- Hedda Hopper - Nurse
- Earl Foxe - Frenchman
- Donald Haines - Kleinholz, Jr.
- G.P. Huntley - Heilbut
- Christian Rub - Puttbreese
- Carlos de Valdez - Dr. Sesam
- Max Asher - Chauffeur
- Director(s):
- Frank Borzage
- Writer(s):
- William Anthony McGuire
- Producer(s):
- Carl Laemmle, Jr.
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