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Mødrehjælpen

  • 1942
  • 12m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
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Mødrehjælpen (1942)
DocumentaryShort

The Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an abortion, but instead he advised her to go to ... Read allThe Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an abortion, but instead he advised her to go to the Mothers' Aid for consultation. She is unmarried, and afraid of losing her job, if she ... Read allThe Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an abortion, but instead he advised her to go to the Mothers' Aid for consultation. She is unmarried, and afraid of losing her job, if she is going to have a baby. The female adviser suggests that she should give birth to the chi... Read all

  • Director
    • Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Writer
    • Carl Theodor Dreyer
  • Stars
    • Ebbe Neergaard
    • Dinah Miller
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    454
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    • Director
      • Carl Theodor Dreyer
    • Writer
      • Carl Theodor Dreyer
    • Stars
      • Ebbe Neergaard
      • Dinah Miller
    • 1User review
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    6JoeytheBrit

    Children, Children, Children

    This short is a Danish public information film made for the Mothers Aid Institution. It's perfectly unremarkable apart from the fact that it was made by acclaimed director Carl Dreyer - and for a couple of unfortunate moments which I'll come to later.

    Although it's billed as a documentary, it actually features a fictionalised account of a woman's experiences as the MAI helps her prepare for her initially unwanted child's birth and subsequent upbringing. The girl is quite plain - probably deliberately - and she is unmarried. The Institution gets money from the errant father and looks after mother and baby for three months after the birth at no expense to the mother - which is quite enlightened for the time when you think about it.

    Those unfortunate moments? Bizarrely, one scene features the young mother being taught how to sing children's songs, and the song she is taught (complete with blackboard and teacher with a stick) is something about poor little Negro boy who is black from tip to toe. The second unfortunate moment is the ending where the word 'slut' is emblazoned across the screen. It's probably Danish for End, but you couldn't get a more inappropriate word at the end of a 1940s film about unmarried mothers...

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    • Release date
      • November 20, 1942 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Language
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Ajuda às mães
    • Production company
      • Dansk Kulturfilm
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    • Runtime
      12 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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