Cyankali

Overview

Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look for ways to terminate the pregnancy. Hete goes to a doctor, but he refuses to give her the necessary document for the abortion. As a result, Hete and Paul want to carry out the abortion themselves, using a stolen instrument. Fearing for Hete, Paul aborts the attempt. So Hete turns to an illegal abortionist, who sends the feverish girl away with a bottle of cyanide, which is supposed to help in small doses. Hete goes to her mother, who takes care of her and also gives her the cyanide drops. But Hete exceeds the dose.

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Cast

Renate Krößner

Hete

Ursula Braun

Mutter Fent

Hermann Beyer

Paul

Horst Hiemer

Prosnick

Rolf Römer

Kuckuck

Jörg Panknin

Max

Annekathrin Bürger

Frau Klee

Heinz Behrens

Dr. Möller

Marianne Wünscher

Madame Heye

Berthold Schulze

Kriminalkommissar