Cyankali
movie
Released November 15, 1977
Overview
Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look for ways to terminate the pregnancy. Hete goes to a doctor, but he refuses to give her the necessary document for the abortion. As a result, Hete and Paul want to carry out the abortion themselves, using a stolen instrument. Fearing for Hete, Paul aborts the attempt. So Hete turns to an illegal abortionist, who sends the feverish girl away with a bottle of cyanide, which is supposed to help in small doses. Hete goes to her mother, who takes care of her and also gives her the cyanide drops. But Hete exceeds the dose.
Cast

Renate Krößner
as
Hete
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Ursula Braun
as
Mutter Fent

Hermann Beyer
as
Paul
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Horst Hiemer
as
Prosnick

Rolf Römer
as
Kuckuck

Jörg Panknin
as
Max

Annekathrin Bürger
as
Frau Klee

Heinz Behrens
as
Dr. Möller

Marianne Wünscher
as
Madame Heye
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Berthold Schulze
as
Kriminalkommissar
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Birgit Frohriep
as
Dame beim Arzt
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Günter Maaß
as
Wachtmeister