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1932 film

The First Right of the Child
Directed byFritz Wendhausen
Written byThea von Harbou
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyFranz Planer
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
company		R.N.-Filmproduktion
Distributed byDeutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date
  • 22 October 1932 (1932-10-22)
Running time79 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The First Right of the Child (German: Das erste Recht des Kindes) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

Synopsis

After becoming pregnant by her student boyfriend, a struggling secretary considers her options. These include suicide before she decides that every child has the right to be loved.

Reviews

Filmwoche (1932): "It's a women's film, but all men should see it too, the urgent demand is addressed to the entire German film audience: Watch this film and help make it a winner."

Cast

References

  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 182
  2. Wendtland, Carsten (2012), "Mietspiegel", Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende, Nomos, pp. 161–162, doi:10.5771/9783845259918_161, ISBN 9783845259918, retrieved 31 March 2022

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
  • Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

External links

Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen


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