The somewhat indolent father Traugott Wurster looks after his six sons while his wife works in a butcher's shop. One day, when Traugott falls into a mysterious prolonged sleep, mother Wurster is forced to give the children to relatives. Markus is sent to the stuffy Uncle Theodor, who turns into a childhood friend under his influence. Mother Wurster also "rents" the sleeping Traugott to a furniture store, which uses him to advertise mattresses in the shop window.
Gert Fröbe
as Traugott Wurster / Theodor Wurster
Barbara Rütting
as Mutter Wurster
Wera Frydtberg
as Tante Erika
Josef Moosholzer
as Kurdirektor Pichmann
David Bennent
as Manfred Wurster
Axel Schiessler
as Herr Karl
Rolf Patzer
as Lehrer Astel
Henry Gregor
as Lehrer Bickenbach
Werner Schwier
as Landrat
Alfred Edel
as Professor
Simon Schmidt
as Thomas Wurster
Rosl Mayr
as Frau am Balkon
