Little Man, What Now? is a 1934 pre-Code American drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan. It is based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Hans Fallada. The novel had been turned into a German film the previous year.
Plot: Hans (Douglass Montgomery) and Emma Pinneberg (Margaret Sullavan) are a newly married couple living in rural Germany. In search of fortune, the pair set out for Berlin, moving in with Hans' stepmother, who works with the shady Holger Jachman (Alan Hale). After Jachman finds him a job, Hans discovers that his stepmother is running a brothel, and that Jachman has eyes for Emma. Leaving the house, the pair struggles to find solid ground as Hans looks for work to support his pregnant wife.
Credits: Margaret Sullavan as Emm "Lammchen" Pinneberg Douglass Montgomery as Hans Pinneberg Alan Hale as Holger Jachman Catherine Doucet as Mia Pinneberg (as Catharine Doucet) DeWitt Jennings as Emil Kleinholz G.P Huntley as Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.) Muriel Kirkland as Marie Kleinholz Fred Kohler as Karl Goebbler Mae Marsh as Wife of Karl Goebbler Donald Haines as Emil Kleinholz Jr. Christian Rub as Herr Puttbreese Alan Mowbray as Franz Schluter
Directed by Frank Borzage Screenplay by William Anthony McGuire Based on Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. Cinematography Norbert F. Brodin Edited by Milton Carruth Music by Arthur Kay (uncredited)
