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Fruchtbarkeit

1930-02-21 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.0

The young, forward-thinking doctor Dr. Maerker arrives in a small factory town and is appalled by the prevailing social conditions. The working-class families live in poor conditions and can barely feed their many children. Maerker therefore wants to give a lecture on contraception in the inn, but encounters fierce resistance from his conservative boss, Dr. Witte, who wants to prevent the lecture together with the pastor and the magistrate. Only a severe nervous fever finally persuades old Witte to side with Maerker.

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Directors
Eberhard Frowein
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Verlag wissenschaftlicher Filme
Countries
Germany
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Released

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Paul HenckelsDr. Paul Märker
Edward BarbyDr. Friedrich Witte
Valeria BlankaElinor
Anny EbertyMaria Huber
Hanna HoessrichMarianne
Hans OberländerPriest
Walter SteinbeckWalter SteinbeckPrincipal Roeder

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