Monika (1938)

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 (27)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Maria Andergast

Barbara Daalen

Iván Petrovich

Dr. Michael Holt

Theodor Loos

Professor Waldeck

Rudolf Platte

Camera Man

I

Ilse Petri

Inge

Willi Schaeffers

Film Director

Julia Serda

Frau von Schadow

C

Carmen Lahrmann

Monika Holt

Erich Dunskus

Hoteldirector

Walter Steinbeck

Manager Wallen

Karl Platen

Diener

O

Oskar Höcker

Thielmann

Michael von Newlinsky

P

Peer Baedecker

W

Wilmo Schäfer

K

Kurt Iller

Gast der Kaschemme

Gustav Püttjer

Oberleutnant

H

Hedi Bert

Gerhard Dammann

Der Schallplattenverkäufer

M

Max Wilmsen

Geheimrat

I

Ilse Abel

Krankenschwester

R

Raffles Bill

P

Peter Busse

Der Wirt

F

Fanny Cotta

Krankenschwester

F

Fritz Draeger

Statist bei d.Aufnahme in Hotel

H

Herbert Ernst Groh

Singer (Heimatland)

E

Eugen von Bongardt

Dr. Scherber

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