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.
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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
Hertha Thiele as Lotte Bergmann
Eduard Wesener as Herbert Böhme
Helene Fehdmer as Frau Bergmann
Erna Morena as Käthe Baumgarten - Frauenärztin
Hermann Vallentin as Elbing
Hedwig Schlichter as Frl. Spitz
Lotte Stein as Frl. Müller
Ruth Jacobsen as Frl. Lauterbach
Traute Carlsen as Nurse
Maria Koppenhöfer
Emilia Unda
Hertha von Walther
Genia Nikolaieva
Rotraut Richter
Hermine Sterler
Gerda Zinn
Maria Forescu
Eduard von Winterstein
Erwin Kalser
F.W. Schröder-Schrom
Gerhard Bienert
Hans Halder
Ferdinand von Alten
Heinrich Schroth
Fritz Alberti
Erich Bartels
Else Ehser
Margarete Faas
Max Grünberg
Oskar Höcker
Georg John
Wera Liessem
Lotte Loebinger
Marlise Ludwig
Klaus Pohl
Franz Stein
Mathilde Sussin
Elisabeth Wendt
Hildegard Wolf