Fruchtbarkeit

Overview

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.

Cast

Paul Henckels

Dr. Paul Märker

Edward Barby

Dr. Friedrich Witte

Valeria Blanka

Elinor

Anny Eberty

Maria Huber

Hanna Hoessrich

Marianne

Hans Oberländer

Priest

Walter Steinbeck

Principal Roeder