Mother and child (1934)

Movie
Original title	mother and child
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1934
length	121 minutes
Rod
Director	Hans Steinhoff
script	Robert Adolf Stemmle
production	Guido Bagier for Tofa Tonfilm-Fabrikations GmbH (Berlin)
music	Richard Ralf
camera	Karl Puth
cut	Ludolf Grisebach
occupation
Henny Porten : Anna Peter Voss : Jürgen, Anna's friend Wolfgang Keppler : Mr. Petersen Elisabeth Wendt : Mrs. Petersen Hansi Arnstaedt : Mrs. Kröger Werner Pledath : Dr. Fiddler, doctor Paul Westermeier : master carpenter Larsen Louise Morland : Mrs. Larsen Dörthe Kühne : Fiete Larsen Alexandra Schmitt : Grandmother Larsen Fita Benkhoff : Ms. Hellinger Walter Steinbeck : Mr. Hellinger Hermann Picha : Country mailman rib Ilse Nast : Maid at Petersen's Bruno Ziener : Servant at Petersen Gustav Püttjer : Waiter

Mother and Child is a German film drama and a love story of the director Hans Steinhoff from the year 1934. The film adaptation is based on a presentation of the playwright and poet Friedrich Hebbel . In the main role , Henny Porten embodies a brave mother who takes all the strokes of fate for her child, but ultimately also proves that mother's love is the greatest love.

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The Petersen couple are threatened with despair over the fact that they have lost their only child. The fact is made more difficult by the fact that they cannot have any more children. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child whom she and her friend Jürgen, a worker in a sawmill, have fathered.

When both the maid Anna and her boyfriend Jürgen are released from their jobs, they fear for the future of their child. They fear that they will not be able to feed them properly and that they will not be able to finance a good education for their offspring.

As a result, an agreement is reached: The now childless Peterson couple will have their child from them, and in return Anna and Jürgen will be given a farm . Anna first accepts this agreement, but when she gives birth to the child, she is unable to give it up. Shortly after the birth, she escapes with the newborn and threatens to drown while trying to escape in the Wadden Sea. At the last moment, her boyfriend manages to save Anna and the newborn from the floods.

The plot of the film ends well when the wealthy Petersen couple realize that there is no point in snatching a child from its mother. So the story ends that the Petersens do without the child and Anna and Jürgen are still allowed to keep the promised gift, the farm.

Production notes

Hans Conradi directed the film production, Franz Schroedter was responsible for the film construction. Adolf Jansen set the tone. Richard Ralf was responsible for the film music, he also conducted the orchestra.

Release dates and different film titles

Mother and Child was first shown in German cinemas on January 5, 1934. In the USA it was shown on November 29, 1934, there under the international title Mother and Child .

Reviews

The lexicon of international film certifies the actor Henny Porten an outstanding acting performance in which she pulls out all the stops of her ability.

Film censorship

The Nazi regime checked the film for any content that might be detrimental to the regime. On December 12, 1933, he passed the inspection without objection.

See also

• List of German feature films premiered in the German Reich during the Nazi era

Web links

• Mother and child in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} mother and child. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved September 9, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Mother and Child (1934) - Release Info - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved September 9, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Two thousand and one. Film lexicon FILMS from AZ - mother and child. In: zweiausendeins.de. Retrieved September 9, 2015 .