Monika (1938)
Monika (German: Eine Mutter kämpft um ihr Kind, lit. 'A Mother Fights for Her Child') is a 1938 German melodrama film directed and written by Heinz Helbig. The story centers on a singer who relinquishes her illegitimate daughter to a German engineer in São Paulo to pursue her career, only to return eight years later as a celebrated film star and wife of a prominent surgeon, demanding custody after encountering the child on a film set.
- Date of release
- 1938-01-05
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Heinz Helbig
Casting
- Maria Andergast — Barbara Daalen
- Iván Petrovich — Dr. Michael Holt
- Theodor Loos — Professor Waldeck
- Rudolf Platte — Camera Man
- Ilse Petri — Inge
- Willi Schaeffers — Film Director
- Julia Serda — Frau von Schadow
- Carmen Lahrmann — Monika Holt
- Erich Dunskus — Hoteldirector
- Walter Steinbeck — Manager Wallen
- Karl Platen — Diener
- Oskar Höcker — Thielmann
Interesting facts
Monika or A Mother Fights for Her Child is a 1938 German drama film directed by Heinz Helbig and starring Maria Andergast, Iván Petrovich, and Theodor Loos.
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