Backdrop image for movie Fruchtbarkeit

Fruchtbarkeit (1930)

The young, forward-thinking doctor Dr. Maerker arrives in a small factory town and is appalled by the prevailing social conditions. The working-class families live in poor conditions and can barely feed their many children. Maerker therefore wants to give a lecture on contraception in the inn, but encounters fierce resistance from his conservative boss, Dr. Witte, who wants to prevent the lecture together with the pastor and the magistrate. Only a severe nervous fever finally persuades old Witte to side with Maerker.

    Top billed cast

    • Photo of Paul HenckelsPaul HenckelsDr. Paul Märker
    • Photo of Edward BarbyEdward BarbyDr. Friedrich Witte
    • Photo of Valeria BlankaValeria BlankaElinor
    • Photo of Anny EbertyAnny EbertyMaria Huber
    • Photo of Hanna HoessrichHanna HoessrichMarianne
    • Photo of Hans OberländerHans OberländerPriest
    • Photo of Walter SteinbeckWalter SteinbeckPrincipal Roeder

    Similar to Fruchtbarkeit