Cyankali

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Jurij Kramer

Writers

Friedrich Wolf

Language

German

Country

East Germany

Release date

15 November 1977

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Renate Krößner

  Hete

• Ursula Braun

  Mutter Fent

• 

  Hermann Beyer

  Paul

• Horst Hiemer

  Prosnick

• 

  Rolf Römer

  Kuckuck

• 

  Jörg Panknin

  Max

• 

  Annekathrin Bürger

  Frau Klee

• 

  Heinz Behrens

  Dr. Möller

• 

  Marianne Wünscher

  Madame Heye

• Berthold Schulze

  Kriminalkommissar

• Birgit Frohriep

  Dame beim Arzt

• Günter Maaß

  Wachtmeister