

Drama based on a play by Friedrich Wolf. Hete is pregnant, hoping to have a family with her fiancé Paul. When the factory where she and Paul work sacks all striking workers, she tries to find a legal abortion. But there is only the illegal option - the eponymous cyanide.
Directed by Hans Tintner
User score
4 votes
Released
May 22, 1930
1h 29m
German

Grete Mosheim
Hete Fent

Josefine Dora
Frau Klee

Margarete Kupfer
Frau Heye
Paul Henckels
Dr.Meyer

Paul Kemp
Kuckuck

Blandine Ebinger
Hinterhofsängerin
Herma Ford
Frau Fent

Nico Turoff
Paul, Hetes Bräutigam

Claus Clausen
Max, Pauls Freund
Ludwig Andersen
Dr. Moeller

Louis Ralph
Prosnick, Hausverwalter

Hermann Vallentin
Kommissar
Else Heller
Frau Witt

Alexander Murski
Herr Witt
Hella Hartwich
Dame beim Arzt
Paul Henckels
Dr. Meyer