My little child

Movie
Original title	My little child
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2002
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Katja Baumgarten
script	Katja Baumgarten
camera	Gisela Tuchtenhagen , Katja Baumgarten

My little child is a German autobiographical documentary by midwife and filmmaker Katja Baumgarten, in which she documents her pregnancy with a disabled child up to its birth and death.

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After Katja Baumgarten found out during an ultrasound examination in the 21st week of pregnancy that her unborn child had a complex malformation syndrome with a suspected chromosomal abnormality , she decided against an abortion , even if the child's death during pregnancy or shortly after birth is very likely applies. Together with her friend, the camerawoman Gisela Tuchtenhagen , she documents her life during pregnancy. She decides to have the child at home with friends and family and to forego life-prolonging medical measures. Her son dies three and a half hours after the birth.

Publications

The film premiered on February 10, 2002 at the 52nd International Film Festival in Berlin and was shown in German cinemas on April 10, 2003. It was premiered on television on June 28, 2003 on ARTE . In 2007 a DVD version was released which, in addition to the original version with multilingual subtitles, contains a 40-minute short version, interviews and a DVD-ROM section with information material on prenatal diagnostics .

Reviews

“Restrained, almost meditative study of an extreme life situation, which through concentrated formal design becomes a deeply moving document of humanity. Less a weapon in the dispute over prenatal diagnostics than an emphatic contribution to the discourse on humane life and death. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• My little child in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website for the film

Individual evidence

1. ↑ My little child. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .