Cyankali

The story

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 & crew

Renate KrößnerHete

Ursula Braun

Ursula BraunMutter Fent

Hermann BeyerPaul

Horst Hiemer

Horst HiemerProsnick

Rolf RömerKuckuck

Jörg PankninMax

Annekathrin BürgerFrau Klee

Heinz BehrensDr. Möller

Marianne WünscherMadame Heye

Berthold Schulze

Berthold SchulzeKriminalkommissar

Birgit Frohriep

Birgit FrohriepDame beim Arzt

Günter Maaß

Günter MaaßWachtmeister