''Children's Souls Accuse You'' (German: ''Kinderseelen klagen euch an'') is a 1927 German silent

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directed by

Curtis Bernhardt Curtis Bernhardt (15 April 1899 – 22 February 1981) was a German film director born in Worms, Germany, under the name Kurt Bernhardt. Career He trained as an actor in Germany, and performed on the stage, before starting as a film director in ...

and starring Albert Steinrück, Nathalie Lissenko and

Walter Rilla Walter Rilla (22 August 1894 – 21 November 1980) was a German film actor of Jewish descent. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn Books (2007), pg. 213 He app ...

. It was made with an

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its Abortion by country, legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in r ...

theme. It was shot at the Terra Studios in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Heinrich Richter.

Cast

* Albert Steinrück as Kommerzienrat Enzenberg * Nathalie Lissenko as Luise Enzenberg *

Claire Rommer Claire Rommer (born Klara Romberger; 7 December 1904 – 19 August 1996) was a German stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' The Queen of Whitechapel '' (1922) * '' The Anthem of Love'' (1922) * '' Der Herzog von Aleria'' (1923) * ...

as Annemarie Trebisch * Fritz Rasp as Heinrich Voss – Enzenbergs Sekretär * Harry Hardt as Buchhalter Banthler * Carla Bartheel as Hilda – Heinrichs Schwester *

Bruno Ziener Bruno Ziener (11 June 1870 – 9 February 1941) was a German stage and film actor and film director, director. He appeared in over 100 films between 1913 and 1941. He also directed 28 silent films such as ''The Flight into Death'' (1921).Grange p ...

as Josef – Diener * Evi Moog as Die kleine Helmuth

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* 1927 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Curtis Bernhardt 1927 drama films Silent German drama films Films about abortion in Germany German black-and-white films 1920s German films Films shot at Terra Studios 1920s German-language films Films scored by Hans May German-language drama films {{1920s-Germany-silent-drama-film-stub