Monika

Overview

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.

Cast

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