German sailor Peter Hille arrives in Copenhagen to see his beloved Hannah. But she has died in childbirth, leaving Peter with an eight-month-old baby. The young father is left with the entire burden of caring for the child. But he would never have been able to cope with his worries if the ordinary people he encounters had not helped him.
Acting
Karlheinz Böhm's panicked dad energy is genuinely endearing.
Direction
Rabenalt balances slapstick with genuine sorrow without whiplash.
Director
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Post-war German cinema loved rehabilitating masculine identity through domestic struggle. Peter's incompetent tenderness was radical for 1958.
Karlheinz Böhm was Austrian royalty (literally) and later became famous as the serial killer in 'Peeping Tom.' Dad mode to slasher mode.
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