About
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
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Maria Andergast
Barbara Daalen
I
Iván Petrovich
Dr. Michael Holt
T
Theodor Loos
Professor Waldeck
R
Rudolf Platte
Camera Man
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Ilse Petri
Inge
W
Willi Schaeffers
Film Director
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Julia Serda
Frau von Schadow
E
Erich Dunskus
Hoteldirector
W
Walter Steinbeck
Manager Wallen
K
Karl Platen
Diener
O
Oskar Höcker
Thielmann
M
Michael von Newlinsky
G
Gustav Püttjer
Oberleutnant
G
Gerhard Dammann
Der Schallplattenverkäufer
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Max Wilmsen
Geheimrat
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Ilse Abel
Krankenschwester
P
Peter Busse
Der Wirt
F
Fritz Draeger
Statist bei d.Aufnahme in Hotel
