Monika (1938 film)
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Cinematography | Edgar S. Ziesemer |
Music by | Gerhard Winkler |
Production company | Aco-Film |
Distributed by | Various |
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Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Monika or A Mother Fights for Her Child (German: Eine Mutter kämpft um ihr Kind) is a 1938 German drama film directed by and starring Maria Andergast, Iván Petrovich, and Theodor Loos.[1]
Synopsis[]
An umarried German Engineer and Singer have a child together in Sao Paulo. Due to her ambitions for her career she abandons the daughter, leaving her in the care of the father who returns to Germany. Eight years later the mother, now a famous film star, demands custody of the daughter.
Cast[]
- Maria Andergast as Barbara Daalen
- Iván Petrovich as Dr. Michael Holt
- as Monika
- Theodor Loos as Professor Waldeck
- Willi Schaeffers as Film Director
- Rudolf Platte as Camera Man
- Julia Serda as Frau von Schadow
- Ilse Petri as Inge, Monika's Friend
- Walter Steinbeck as Manager Wallen
- Erich Dunskus as Hotel Director
- Gustav Püttjer as Oberleutnant
- Karl Platen as Diener
- as Knapp
- as Geheimrat
- as Krankenschwester
- Herbert Ernst Groh as Singer
- as Gast der Kaschemme
- as Thielmann
- as Der Wirt
- as Krankenschwest
- Gerhard Dammann as Der Schalplattenverkäufer
- as Statist bei d. Aufnahme in Hotel
- as Dr. Scherber
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Hake, Sabine (2001). Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-73458-6.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1938 films
- German-language films
- German films
- Films of Nazi Germany
- German drama films
- 1938 drama films
- Films set in Brazil
- Films directed by Heinz Helbig
- German black-and-white films
- 1930s German film stubs