Cyanide

May 22, 1930

1h 29m

★ 6.3

Overview

Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul work sacks all striking workers, she tries to find a legal abortion. But there is only the illegal option - the eponymous cyanide.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Atlantis-Film GmbH

Cyanide Trailers

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Cast

Hete Fent

Grete Mosheim

Frau Klee

Josefine Dora

Frau Heye

Margarete Kupfer

Dr.Meyer

Paul Henckels

Kuckuck

Paul Kemp

Hinterhofsängerin

Blandine Ebinger

Frau Fent

Herma Ford

Paul

Nico Turoff

Claus Clausen

Ludwig Andersen

Louis Ralph

Hermann Vallentin

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