Mother and Child

The story

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.

Cast

H Henny PortenAnna H Hansi ArnstaedtFrau Kröger F Fita BenkhoffFrau Hellinger P Paul WestermeierLarsen, Tischlermeister H Hermann PichaRippe P Peter VoßJürgen W Wolfgang KepplerHerr Petersen E Elisabeth WendtFrau Petersen W Werner PledathDr.Fiedler L Luise MorlandFrau Larsen W Walter SteinbeckHerr Hellinger B Bruno ZienerDiener

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G Gustav Püttjer E Ernst Rotmund M Marina von Ditmar D Dörte KühneFiete Larsen A Alexandra SchmittGroßmutter Larsen I Ilse NastZofe bei Petersen R Rose Borgh F Fritz Hube I Ingeborg Kadon D Dorothea Köppen L Liselotte Krämer H Hanni Peters N Nora von Schrenck