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    Monika

    84'

    1938-01-05

    9

    Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingHeinz Helbig

    Cast

    1

    Barbara Daalen

    Maria Andergast

    1

    Dr. Michael Holt

    Iván Petrovich

    1

    Professor Waldeck

    Theodor Loos

    1

    Camera Man

    Rudolf Platte

    1

    Inge

    Ilse Petri

    1

    Film Director

    Willi Schaeffers

    1

    Frau von Schadow

    Julia Serda

    1

    Monika Holt

    Carmen Lahrmann

    1

    Hoteldirector

    Erich Dunskus

    1

    Manager Wallen

    Walter Steinbeck

    1

    Diener

    Karl Platen

    1

    Thielmann

    Oskar Höcker

    1

    Michael von Newlinsky

    1

    Peer Baedecker

    1

    Wilmo Schäfer

    1

    Gast der Kaschemme

    Kurt Iller

    1

    Oberleutnant

    Gustav Püttjer

    1

    Hedi Bert

    1

    Der Schallplattenverkäufer

    Gerhard Dammann

    1

    Geheimrat

    Max Wilmsen

    1

    Krankenschwester

    Ilse Abel

    1

    Raffles Bill

    1

    Der Wirt

    Peter Busse

    1

    Krankenschwester

    Fanny Cotta

    1

    Statist bei d.Aufnahme in Hotel

    Fritz Draeger

    1

    Singer (Heimatland)

    Herbert Ernst Groh

    1

    Dr. Scherber

    Eugen von Bongardt

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. German
    • List of companies:
      1. Aco-Film
    • Vote Count: 1
    • Popularity: 1.6915
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Monika

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