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
Karl Platen
Diener
Oskar Höcker
Thielmann
Michael von Newlinsky
Unknown
Peer Baedecker
Unknown
Wilmo Schäfer
Unknown
Kurt Iller
Gast der Kaschemme
Gustav Püttjer
Oberleutnant
Hedi Bert
Unknown
Gerhard Dammann
Der Schallplattenverkäufer
Max Wilmsen
Geheimrat
Ilse Abel
Krankenschwester
Raffles Bill
Unknown
Peter Busse
Der Wirt
Fanny Cotta
Krankenschwester
Fritz Draeger
Statist bei d.Aufnahme in Hotel
Herbert Ernst Groh
Singer (Heimatland)
Eugen von Bongardt
Dr. Scherber
