Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Any man who has ever lost his job, or any young wife who has bravely tried to comfort him will thrill to the tenderness, the courage, the gay humor of this idyl of young love which all the brutal cruelty of those bitter times could not destroy!
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
- Date of release
- 1934-06-04
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Frank Borzage
Casting
- Margaret Sullavan — Lammchen
- Douglass Montgomery — Hans Pinneberg
- Alan Hale — Holgar Jachman
- Catherine Doucet — Mia Pinneberg (as Catharine Doucet)
- DeWitt Jennings — Emil Kleninholz
- G.P. Huntley — Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
- Muriel Kirkland — Marie Kleinholz
- Fred Kohler — Karl Goebbler
- Mae Marsh — His Wife
- Donald Haines — Emil
- Christian Rub — Herr Puttbreese
- Alan Mowbray — Franz Schlüter
Interesting facts
- Based on: Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now? is a 1934 pre-Code American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan. It is based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Hans Fallada. The novel had been turned into a German film the previous year. The film was a box-office disappointment for Universal.
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