Toxi

Story

Synopsis

This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often treated as outcasts because of their illegitimacy and skin color. One such mischling is Toxi (played by herself), who is sent to live with her American father when her mother dies. At first, Toxi is welcomed with opened arms, but the father, who already has two children, has neither the time nor the money to care for the girl. Toxi is then bundled off to an orphanage, sparking a serious rift in her father's family. By concentrating on a highly fictionalized plotline, Toxi tends to ignore the thousands of other mischlings whose lives are far more complex and tragic than that of the film's central character.

Director

Robert A. Stemmle

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

15 August 1952

Ensemble

Cast

• Elfie Fiegert

  Toxi

• 

  Paul Bildt

  Grossvater Rose

• 

  Johanna Hofer

  Grossmutter Helene

• 

  Carola Höhn

  Charlotte Jenrich

• 

  Elisabeth Flickenschildt

  Tante Wally

• 

  Ernst Waldow

  Übelhack

• 

  Erika von Thellmann

  Frau Übelhack

• 

  Katharina Brauren

  Vorsteherin

• Lotte Brackebusch

  Frau Berstel

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  Willy Maertens

  Inspektor Plaukart

• Gertrud Prey

  Schwester