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Monika (1938 film)

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Genre
  
Drama

Screenplay
  
Heinz Helbig

Country
  
Germany

Director
  
Heinz Helbig

Music director
  
Gerhard Winkler

Story by
  
Erich Ebermayer

Language
  
German

Release date
  
5 January 1938

Writer
  
Erich Ebermayer (novel), Heinz Helbig (manuscript)

Cast
  
Rudolf Platte
(Camera Man),
Maria Andergast
(Barbara Daalen),
Theodor Loos
(Professor Waldeck),
Willi Schaeffers
(Film Director),
Ivan Petrovich
(Dr Michael Holt)

Similar movies
  
Der Herr im Haus (1940), We Make Music (1942), Canaris: Master Spy (1954)

Monika or A Mother Fights for Her Child (German: Eine Mutter kämpft um ihr Kind) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Maria Andergast, Iván Petrovich and Theodor Loos.

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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
  • Carmen Lahrmann 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 Hoteldirector
  • Gustav Püttjer as Oberleutnant
  • Karl Platen as Diener
  • Peer Baedecker as Knapp
  • Max Wilmsen as Geheimrat
  • Ilse Abel as Krankenschwester
  • Herbert Ernst Groh as Singer
  • Kurt Iller as Gast der Kaschemme
  • Oskar Höcker as Thielmann
  • Peter Busse as Der Wirt
  • Fanny Cotta as Krankenschwest
  • Gerhard Dammann as Der Schalplattenverkäufer
  • Fritz Draeger as Statist bei d.Aufnahme in Hotel
  • Eugen von Bongardt as Dr. Scherber
  • Wilmo Schäfer
  • Raffles Bill

    • References

    Monika (1938 film) Wikipedia
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    Monika (1938 film) IMDb


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