The First Right of the Child
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| 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- 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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