Little Man, What Now?
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!
1934 | 98m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Frank Borzage |
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| Writer: | Hans Fallada, William Anthony McGuire |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 04, 1934 |
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| Director: | Frank Borzage |
| Writer: | Hans Fallada, William Anthony McGuire |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | germany, based on novel or book, brothel, cigarette smuggling, bartender, bravery, greed, stepmother, tenderness, deception, grief, betrayal, salesman, tension, sorrow, poverty, police detective, unemployment, newlywed, foreign language adaptation, pregnant wife, 1930s |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Borzage | Director |
| Hans Fallada | Novel |
| Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Lew Borzage | Assistant Director |
| William Anthony McGuire | Screenplay |
| Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Milton Carruth | Editor |
| Arthur Kay | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carl Laemmle Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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