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Monika (1938)
Directed by Heinz Helbig
Drama · 1h 24m
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.
Cast
Maria Andergast
Barbara Daalen
Iván Petrovich
Dr. Michael Holt
Theodor Loos
Professor Waldeck
Rudolf Platte
Camera Man
I
Ilse Petri
Inge
Willi Schaeffers
Film Director
Julia Serda
Frau von Schadow
C
Carmen Lahrmann
Monika Holt
Erich Dunskus
Hoteldirector
Walter Steinbeck
Manager Wallen
Karl Platen
Diener
O
Oskar Höcker
Thielmann
Crew
- Director
- Heinz Helbig
Details
- Release date
- 1938-01-05
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Aco-Film