Monika
1938 · 84 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Heinz Helbig
- Released
- January 5, 1938
- Language
- German
Cast
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
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