Monika

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.

Maria Andergast

Barbara Daalen

Iván Petrovich

Dr. Michael Holt

Theodor Loos

Professor Waldeck

Rudolf Platte

Camera Man

Ilse Petri

Inge

Willi Schaeffers

Film Director

Julia Serda

Frau von Schadow

Carmen Lahrmann

Monika Holt

Erich Dunskus

Hoteldirector

Walter Steinbeck

Manager Wallen

Karl Platen

Diener

Oskar Höcker

Thielmann

Michael von Newlinsky

Peer Baedecker

Wilmo Schäfer

Kurt Iller

Gast der Kaschemme

• Heinz HelbigDirector

Release date

January 5, 1938

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama