Access your personalized watchlist, ratings, and recommendations.
Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look for ways to terminate the pregnancy. Hete goes to a doctor, but he refuses to give her the necessary document for the abortion. As a result, Hete and Paul want to carry out the abortion themselves, using a stolen instrument. Fearing for Hete, Paul aborts the attempt. So Hete turns to an illegal abortionist, who sends the feverish girl away with a bottle of cyanide, which is supposed to help in small doses. Hete goes to her mother, who takes care of her and also gives her the cyanide drops. But Hete exceeds the dose.
general audience, movie lovers
theater play, abortion
East Germany
asHete
asMutter Fent
asPaul
asProsnick
asKuckuck
asMax
asFrau Klee
asDr. Möller
asMadame Heye
asKriminalkommissar
asDame beim Arzt
asWachtmeister
Verified multi-platform critics & audience scorecards
245,000 verified ratings
204 approved critics
0 community votes