''Fertility'' (german: Fruchtbarkeit) is a 1929 German

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directed by

Eberhard Frowein Eberhard Frowein (1881–1964) was a German screenwriter and film director. He was also a director of the Comedia-Film production company.Hailey p.290 As a screenwriter he is noted for his work on the controversial 1941 Nazi film '' I Accuse''. ...

.Ginsberg & Mensch p. 312 It was shot at the

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Cast

In alphabetical order * Edward Barby as Dr. Friedrich Witte *

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as Elinor, seine Frau * Anny Eberty as Maria Huber *

Paul Henckels Paul Henckels (9 September 1885 – 27 May 1967) was a German film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1965. Paul Henckels had started his acting career on the stage in the 1900s. He was well known for his e ...

as Dr. Paul Märker * Hanna Hoessrich as Marianne, seine Tochter *

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as Ein Pfarrer *

Walter Steinbeck Walter Steinbeck (26 September 1878 – 27 August 1942) was a German film actor. Steinbeck was born in Niederlößnitz (now Radebeul), Saxony, Germany. He died at age 63 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''The Romance of a Poor Sinn ...

as Direktor Roeder

References

Bibliography

* Ginsberg, Terri & Mensch, Andrea (ed.) ''A Companion to German Cinema''. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

External links

* 1929 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Eberhard Frowein German black-and-white films 1920s German films Films shot at Terra Studios {{1920s-Germany-film-stub