A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 21, 1930
Original Title:
Fruchtbarkeit
Production Companies:
Verlag wissenschaftlicher Filme
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
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.
Costume Designer:
Kurt Kahle
Director:
Eberhard Frowein
Director of Photography:
Kurt Kahle
Producer:
Eugen Kürschner
Production Design:
Kurt Kahle
Production Manager:
Walter Lehmann
Writer:
Eberhard Frowein
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