The Lübeck merchant Friedemann owes his crippled figure to a wet nurse "devoted to drink". He lives a secluded life with his three simple-minded sisters and his bedridden mother, loving only the theater and music. Only Gerda, the unhappy wife of the district commander of Rinnlingen, makes him blossom...
Johannes Friedemann
Gerda von Rinnlingen
Oberstleutnant von Rinnlingen
Konsulin Friedemann
Henriette Friedemann
Friederieke Friedemann
Pfiffi Friedemann
Schlievogt
