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The paper under review generalizes the result of \textit{L. Lempert} [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 109, 427--474 (1981; Zbl 0492.32025)] on extremal mappings. More precisely: Let \(E\) denote the open unit-disc in \(\mathbb C\), and let \(w_j\in C (\partial E,{\mathbb C}^n)\), \(\Phi_j: L^\infty (\partial E,{\mathbb C}^n)\longrightarrow \mathbb C\) with \( \Phi_j(h) = 1/2\pi \int_0^{2\pi}\sum_{k=1}^nh_k (e^{i\theta}) w_{j,k} (e^{i{\theta}}) d\theta\), and \(a_j\in \mathbb C\), \(1\leq j \leq N.\) For a bounded domain \(D\subset {\mathbb C}^n\) a mapping \(\varphi \in {\mathcal O}(E,D)\) is called to be extremal if \(\Phi_j (\varphi^*) = a_j\), \(1 \leq j\leq N\), and there is no \(g\in {\mathcal O}(E,{\mathbb C}^n)\cap C(\overline{E}, {\mathbb C}^n)\) with \(\Phi_j(g) = a_j\), \(1\leq j\leq N\), and \(g(E) \subset\subset D\). In case that \(D\) is convex, necessary conditions for a mapping \(\varphi\in {\mathcal O}(E,D)\) to be extremal are given. Kobayashi geodesics are examples of extremal mappings in the above sense, i.e. the result is a generalization of Lempert's result on the boundary behavior of geodesics.