Monika

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.

Cast

Maria Andergast

Barbara Daalen

Iván Petrovich

Dr. Michael Holt

Theodor Loos

Professor Waldeck

Rudolf Platte

Camera Man

N/A

Ilse Petri

Inge

Willi Schaeffers

Film Director

Julia Serda

Frau von Schadow

N/A

Carmen Lahrmann

Monika Holt

Erich Dunskus

Hoteldirector

Walter Steinbeck

Manager Wallen

Karl Platen

Diener

N/A

Oskar Höcker

Thielmann