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.
Top Cast
Maria Andergast as Barbara Daalen
Iván Petrovich as Dr. Michael Holt
Theodor Loos as Professor Waldeck
Rudolf Platte as Camera Man
Ilse Petri as Inge
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