Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look for ways to terminate the pregnancy. Hete goes to a doctor, but he refuses to give her the necessary document for the abortion. As a result, Hete and Paul want to carry out the abortion themselves, using a stolen instrument. Fearing for Hete, Paul aborts the attempt. So Hete turns to an illegal abortionist, who sends the feverish girl away with a bottle of cyanide, which is supposed to help in small doses. Hete goes to her mother, who takes care of her and also gives her the cyanide drops. But Hete exceeds the dose.
Renate Krößner
as Hete
Ursula Braun
as Mutter Fent
Hermann Beyer
as Paul
Horst Hiemer
as Prosnick
Rolf Römer
as Kuckuck
Jörg Panknin
as Max
Annekathrin Bürger
as Frau Klee
Heinz Behrens
as Dr. Möller
Marianne Wünscher
as Madame Heye
Berthold Schulze
as Kriminalkommissar
Birgit Frohriep
as Dame beim Arzt
Günter Maaß
as Wachtmeister
