The Right of the Unborn

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The Right of the Unborn
Directed by Adolf Trotz
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Robert Lach
Music by Walter Ulfig
Production
company
Detro-Film
Distributed byFilmhaus Bruckmann
Release date
  • 7 June 1929 (1929-06-07)
CountryGermany
Languages

The Right of the Unborn (German: Das Recht der Ungeborenen) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Maly Delschaft, Elizza La Porta and Hans Adalbert Schlettow. The film is in the Weimar tradition of Enlightenment films. It examines the question of abortion of unborn children. Unlike several other German films of the era, it is generally anti-abortion. [1] It was shot at the Halensee Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction is by Hans Jacoby.

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  1. Prawer p.88

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