Lost Child 312 (German: Suchkind 312) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Inge Egger, Paul Klinger and Heli Finkenzeller.[1] It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Max Mellin. It was the final film of Czech director Machatý .

Lost Child 312
Directed byGustav Machatý
Written byHans-Ulrich Horster (novel)
Gustav Machatý
Werner P. Zibaso
Produced byAlfred Bittins
Willy Laschinsky
StarringInge Egger
Paul Klinger
Heli Finkenzeller
CinematographyOtto Baecker
Edited byHerbert Taschner
Music byBernhard Eichhorn
Production
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Unicorn Film
Distributed byNeue Filmverleih
Release date
  • 10 November 1955 (1955-11-10)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Synopsis

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In the chaos after the Second World War, millions are missing. Ursula, a German mother seeking her child who she lost while fleeing from the expulsion of Germans, puts in a request. Because her fiancée died fighting on the Eastern Front, she remarries again to a doctor. Several years later she sees a picture in a paper and realises it is her own lost daughter. However, her husband, fears that the child's illegitimacy will ruin his job prospects. In addition it turns out that Ursula's fiancée is not dead, but has been held as a Soviet prisoner of war. Troubles over the legal case over the girl are ultimately settled, when he falls in love with the sister of Ursula's husband.

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References

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  1. ^ Moeller p.126

Bibliography

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  • Moeller, Robert G. War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany. University of California Press, 2003.
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