I Learned It from Father
- Willy Fritsch: Clemens Andermann
- Thomas Fritsch: Andreas Andermann
- Gertraud Jesserer: Monika Holl
- Peter Vogel: Oskar Werner Vischer
- Marianne Chappuis: Christa Seebald
- Barbara Stanyk: Ebba Pedersen
- Paul Hörbiger: Julius Knackert
- Peter Matic: Joachim Lange
- Fritz Muliar: Hans Sax
- Ljuba Welitsch: Manager Neumann
- Susi Nicoletti: Dora Bauer
- Marianne Schönauer: Therese
- Guido Wieland: Bank Manager
- Karl Böhm: Tettelmann
- Lotte Tobisch: Assistant
- Gustav Knuth: theater director Leo
- Raoul Retzer: policeman
- Axel von Ambesser: Director, Narrator
That's what I learned from Dad is a German - Austrian comedy of errors by Axel von Ambesser from the year 1964. It was the last film in which Willy Fritsch occurred.
Action
Andreas Andermann has a hard time: his father Clemens is a famous actor and now producer, who has retired many years ago and his only son now wants to see as leader of his Andermann Delt -Werke - Clemens had all of its assets in these put plastic factory and it saved from bankruptcy. Andreas again for quite some time studying chemistry free lengths in the town - so believes Clemens. In reality, Andreas has finished his studies shortly after enrollment and again started under the name of Thomas Anders at the theater of the town as an actor. Besides his best friend Oskar Werner " O. W. " Vischer and his former fellow student Christa Seebald no one knows in free Langen to his identity.
To the other man - Delt works but it is not good and so is planning the anxious partner Sebastian Delt as quickly as possible the engagement of Andrew and his rich girlfriend Duration Ebba Pedersen announce. This is not to last bind the assets of Ebba to the company. Clemens again leaves for free Langen to make the engagement Andreas tasty.
In the town of Clemens ' solves telegram from panic. Andrew and Christa change in a hurry her room - he pulls back into the dorm and into his theater apartment. At the theater again Andreas rehearses as Thomas just Romeo and Juliet, where Juliet is played by the guest Actress Monika. The met Clemens and Andrew at a coffee shop and brings her stage partner his playbook. When the father reacts in surprise, Andreas saves the day by telling that at the Theater an actor like him was committed. Also Monika finally believes in a confusion of Andreas with " Thomas Anders".
Andreas is now playing a double game, especially since his father believes he has with Thomas Anders actually an illegitimate son in the small town - enough potential mothers from the wild past, there would eventually. After numerous complications, however, Clemens learns the truth of the double game and staged a big dinner at the St. Andrew's and "Thomas" are invited and everyone suspects that all just a show. Worse still, it is when is the day of the premiere of Romeo and Juliet in the newspaper that Thomas Anders is actually the son of the great actor Clemens. Monika thinks Andrew had told the paper given to the tip, in order to gain the audience an advantage. Andreas will not occur again, because he is now even more so the biased opinion of the audience expected, he has by no means given a tip to the newspaper. The opening night comes and Andrew plays as bad as ever. Instead of the theater director in the role of Father suddenly his own father stands as Father before him and rescues the evening: he has shown that he knows of his duplicity and forgives him and Andrew plays now solved the scenes of his life, Andrew.
At the end he forgives Monika and both are a couple. Also for Ebba there is a happy ending, she becomes engaged but with the engineer at the other man - Delt, Joachim Lange. This, in turn, is the illegitimate son of Sebastian Delt and the money remains in the company.
Production
The world premiere of the film took place on 28 August 1964.
The film contains excerpts from the Willy Fritsch films Melody of the Heart (1929 ), The three from the gas station (1930) and The Congress Dances ( 1931).
The sung in the film Schlager That's what I learned from Dad was written by Charly Niessen and texted.
Criticism
". Willy and Thomas Fritsch tailored comedy with pretty stale jokes " The Encyclopedia of the International film called That's what I learned from Dad as to a generally positive assessment reaches the Evangelical movie watchers: " Not a very new comedy material is specifically here for Fritsch sen. and jun. refurbished and now offers 14 friendly - light entertainment. "