1941-1950Carl Theodor DreyerDenmarkDocumentaryShort Film

Carl Theodor Dreyer – Mødrehjælpen AKA Good Mothers (1942)

Quote:
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 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 child, and then decide if she should keep it, or have it adopted by someone else. Erna takes part in a course, where she learns how to look after a baby. The last six weeks before the birth she lives in a home for expectant mothers at no expenses for her. The child is born and Erna decides to keep it. She and her child spend the first months in a home for mothers and their babies, which is also free of charge.

564MB | 11mn 46s | 958×720 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/EAE5452DA625C5D/Modrehjalpen_(1942).mkv

Language:Danish
Subtitles:English

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