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Mother and Child

5.0 121 mins Drama   1934
Director(s): Hans Steinhoff

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.

Casts of Mother and Child

Henny Porten

as Anna

Hansi Arnstaedt

as Frau Kröger

Fita Benkhoff

as Frau Hellinger

Paul Westermeier

as Larsen, Tischlermeister

Hermann Picha

as Rippe

Peter Voß

as Jürgen

Wolfgang Keppler

as Herr Petersen

Elisabeth Wendt

as Frau Petersen

Werner Pledath

as Dr.Fiedler

Paul Westermeier

as Larsen

Luise Morland

as Frau Larsen

Walter Steinbeck

as Herr Hellinger

Bruno Ziener

as Diener

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