Mother and Child (1934)
Original title: Mutter und Kind
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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.
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Henny PortenAnna
Hansi ArnstaedtFrau Kröger
Fita BenkhoffFrau Hellinger
Paul WestermeierLarsen, Tischlermeister
Hermann PichaRippe
Peter VoßJürgenElisabeth WendtFrau Petersen
Werner PledathDr.FiedlerPaul WestermeierLarsenLuise MorlandFrau Larsen
Walter SteinbeckHerr Hellinger
Bruno ZienerDienerMovie DNA
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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.