Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 38m

Little Man, What Now?

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Director
Frank Borzage
Cast
Margaret Sullavan as Lammchen Douglass Montgomery as Hans Pinneberg Alan Hale as Holgar Jachman Catherine Doucet as Mia Pinneberg (as Catharine Doucet) DeWitt Jennings as Emil Kleninholz G.P. Huntley as Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Crew
Norbert Brodine — Director of Photography Milton Carruth — Editor William Anthony McGuire — Screenplay Hans Fallada — Novel Carl Laemmle Jr. — Producer Vera West — Costume Design
Tagline

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!

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookgermanybrothelbraverygreedcigarette smugglingbartenderstepmothertendernessdeceptiongriefbetrayal
Key Collaborators
Frank Borzage Director Norbert Brodine Director of Photography Milton Carruth Editor William Anthony McGuire Screenplay Hans Fallada Novel Carl Laemmle Jr. Producer Vera West Costume Design
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