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Monika

19381h 24m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1938

Runtime

1h 24m

Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 24m
Jan 5, 1938
Languages
German
Director
Heinz Helbig
Production
Aco-Film
Aco-Film
Production Countries
Germany

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