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Director
  
Frank Borzage

Story by
  
Hans Fallada

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Producer
  
Carl Laemmle, Jr.

Country
  
United States

Little Man, What Now (film) movie poster
Release date
  
May 1, 1934 (1934-05-01) (New York)

Based on
  
Little Man, What Now? (novel)  by Hans Fallada

Writer
  
Hans Fallada (novel), William Anthony McGuire

Cast
  
Douglass Montgomery
(Hans Pinneberg),
Margaret Sullavan
(Emma 'Lammchen' Pinneberg),
Alan Hale
(Holger Jachman),
Catherine Doucet
(Mia Pinneberg),
DeWitt Jennings
(Emil Kleinholz),
G.P. Huntley
(Herr Heilbutt)

Similar movies
  
Related Frank Borzage movies

Hans (Douglass Montgomery) and Emma Pinneberg (Margaret Sullavan) are a newly married couple living in rural Germany. In search of fortune, the pair set out for Berlin, moving in with Hans stepmother, who works with the shady Holger Jachman (Alan Hale). After Jachman finds him a job, Hans discovers that his stepmother is running a brothel, and that Jachman has eyes for Emma. Leaving the house, the pair struggles to find solid ground as Hans looks for work to support his pregnant wife.

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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 novel of the same name by Hans Fallada.

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.

Plot

Germany in the 1930s, a young couple struggling against poverty. Hans is a small business agent. He is happily married to Emma that he affectionately calls Lammchen (small lamb). They must keep their marriage a secret in order for Hans to keep his job, as his boss wants him to marry his daughter. Hans loses his job when the truth comes out. They move in with his stepmother in bustling Berlin to find success. Hans gets a small job in a department store. Things are okay until they find out that his stepmother is really a notorious madame and runs an exclusive brothel.

Cast

  • Margaret Sullavan as Emma Lammchen Pinneberg
  • Douglass Montgomery as Hans Pinneberg
  • Alan Hale as Holger Jachman
  • Catherine Doucet as Mia Pinneberg
  • DeWitt Jennings as Emil Kleinholz
  • G. P. Huntley, Jr. as Herr Heilbutt
  • Muriel Kirkland as Marie Kleinholz
  • Fred Kohler as Karl Goebbler
  • Mae Marsh as Wife of Karl Goebbler
  • Donald Haines as Emil Kleinholz Jr.
  • Christian Rub as Herr Puttbreese
  • Alan Mowbray as Franz Schluter

    • References

    Little Man, What Now? (film) Wikipedia
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    Little Man, What Now? (film) IMDb Little Man, What Now? (film) themoviedb.org