| The First Right of the Child | |
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| Directed by | Fritz Wendhausen |
| Written by | Thea von Harbou |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | R.N.-Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The First Right of the Child ( German: Das erste Recht des Kindes) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer. [1]
The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.
Synopsis
After becoming pregnant by her student boyfriend, struggling secretary considers her options. These include suicide before she decides that every child has the right to be loved.
Reviews
Filmwoche (1932): "It's a women's film, but all men should see it too, the urgent demand is addressed to the entire German film audience: Watch this film and help it to win." [2]
Cast
- Hertha Thiele as Lotte Bergmann
- Eduard Wesener as Herbert Böhme
- Helene Fehdmer as Frau Bergmann
- Erna Morena as Käthe Baumgarten - Frauenärztin
- Hermann Vallentin as Elbing
- Hedwig Schlichter as Frl. Spitz
- Lotte Stein as Frl. Müller
- Ruth Jacobsen as Frl. Lauterbach
- Traute Carlsen as Nurse
- Maria Koppenhöfer
- Emilia Unda
- Hertha von Walther
- Genia Nikolaieva
- Rotraut Richter
- Hermine Sterler
- Gerda Zinn
- Maria Forescu
- Eduard von Winterstein
- Erwin Kalser
- F.W. Schröder-Schrom
- Gerhard Bienert
- Hans Halder
- Ferdinand von Alten
- Heinrich Schroth
- Fritz Alberti
- Erich Bartels
- Else Ehser
- Margarete Faas
- Max Grünberg
- Oskar Höcker
- Georg John
- Wera Liessem
- Lotte Loebinger
- Marlise Ludwig
- Klaus Pohl
- Franz Stein
- Mathilde Sussin
- Elisabeth Wendt
- Hildegard Wolf
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 182
- ^ Wendtland, Carsten (2012), "Mietspiegel", Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende, Nomos, pp. 161–162, doi: 10.5771/9783845259918_161, ISBN 9783845259918, retrieved 31 March 2022
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
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