This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often treated as outcasts because of their illegitimacy and skin color. One such mischling is Toxi (played by herself), who is sent to live with her American father when her mother dies. At first, Toxi is welcomed with opened arms, but the father, who already has two children, has neither the time nor the money to care for the girl. Toxi is then bundled off to an orphanage, sparking a serious rift in her father's family. By concentrating on a highly fictionalized plotline, Toxi tends to ignore the thousands of other mischlings whose lives are far more complex and tragic than that of the film's central character.
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Elfie Fiegert
Toxi
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Paul Bildt
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Johanna Hofer
Grossmutter Helene
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Possession
Veronika Voss
Carola Höhn
Charlotte Jenrich
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Praxis Bülowbogen
The Beggar Student
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Tante Wally
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The Inn on the River
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Ernst Waldow
Übelhack
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Petermann ist dagegen
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Erika von Thellmann
Frau Übelhack
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Willi wird das Kind schon schaukeln
Der brave Soldat Schwejk
Katharina Brauren
Vorsteherin
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Ödipussi
Otto – The Alien from East Frisia
Lotte Brackebusch
Frau Berstel
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Mother Hulda
Der Stechlin
Willy Maertens
Inspektor Plaukart
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The Captain from Kopenick
Gertrud Prey
Schwester
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The Inn on the River
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Robert A. Stemmle Director · Michael Jary Composer Igor Oberberg Cinematographer
First release August 15, 1952 · Produced in Germany · Production Fono-Film
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Allianz
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Fono-Film
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · August 15, 1952
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No release date listed for United States.
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