The First Right of the Child () is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer.

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

The First Right of the Child

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.

The First Right of the Child

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."

The First Right of the Child

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

External links

1932 films

1932 drama films

Banned films in Nazi Germany

Films of the Weimar Republic

German drama films

1930s German-language films

Films directed by Fritz Wendhausen

German black-and-white films

1930s German films