17-year-old Edith is celebrating at her friend's house in Zurich when she is dragged to a nightclub by the unscrupulous seducer Jean, who gets her drunk and abuses her. When she becomes pregnant, she asks her father, who is a gynecologist, to perform an abortion. He initially refuses, but eventually agrees to perform the procedure—with fatal consequences.
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Cast
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Leopold Biberti
Docteur Paul Férrat
Also in
The Last Chance
Das Menschlein Matthias
Marina Rainer
Édith Férrat
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Fritz Schulz
Mister Reed
Known for
Different from the Others
Margarete Fries
Agnes
Also in
Unter Achtzehn
Protektionskind
Rita Liechti
Schwester Cecilie
Also in
The Abused Love Letters
Sergeant Studer
Maria Becker
Miss Ellen Denny
Also in
Wings of Fame
Recht oder Unrecht
Lukas Ammann
Sterner
Known for
Day of Anger
Edmund Heuberger Director · Stefan Markus Writer Georges C. Stilly Cinematographer
First release September 18, 1940 · Produced in Switzerland
Production
Gotthard Film
Production
Switzerland
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Switzerland · September 18, 1940
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 22, 1950 · Theatrical
Switzerland
February 4, 2021 · Digital
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