Monika

Name: Monika
Cast: Maria Andergast, Iván Petrovich, Theodor Loos, Rudolf Platte, Ilse Petri

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Heinz Helbig

Maria Andergast

as Barbara Daalen

Iván Petrovich

as Dr. Michael Holt

Theodor Loos

as Professor Waldeck

Rudolf Platte

as Camera Man

Ilse Petri

as Inge

Willi Schaeffers

as Film Director

Julia Serda

as Frau von Schadow

Carmen Lahrmann

as Monika Holt

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