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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.[1]

The First Right of the Child
Directed by	Fritz Wendhausen
Written by	Thea von Harbou
Produced by	Leo Meyer Robert Neppach
Starring	Hertha Thiele Eduard Wesener Helene Fehdmer
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Music by	Franz Waxman
Production company	R.N.-Filmproduktion
Distributed by	Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat
Release date	22 October 1932 (1932-10-22)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

Synopsis

After becoming pregnant by her student boyfriend, 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 it to win."[2]

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
• 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

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
• Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.

External links

• The First Right of the Child at IMDb

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