Children of No Importance

{{Short description|1926 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Children of No Importance |image = Matejko, Die Unehelichen, 1926.jpg |caption = Theatrical film poster |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die Unehelichen}} |director = [[Gerhard Lamprecht]] |producer = Gerhard Lamprecht |writer = [[Luise Heilborn-Körbitz]]<br>Gerhard Lamprecht |starring = {{ubl|[[Bernhard Goetzke]]|[[Margarete Kupfer]]|[[Elsa Wagner]]|[[Jaro Fürth]]}} |music = [[Willy Schmidt-Gentner]] |cinematography = [[Karl Hasselmann]] |studio = [[Gerhard Lamprecht Filmproduktion]] |distributor = [[National Film]] |released = {{Film date|1926|9|6|df=yes}} |runtime = 70 minutes |country = Germany |language = Silent<br>German [[intertitle]]s }} '''''Children of No Importance''''' or '''''The Illegitimate''''' ([[German language|German]]: '''''Die Unehelichen''''') is a 1926 German [[Silent film|silent]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Gerhard Lamprecht]] and starring [[Bernhard Goetzke]], [[Margarete Kupfer]] and [[Elsa Wagner]]. It was part of the series of Enlightenment films produced in [[Weimar Germany]], examining social issues such as [[illegitimate children]].<ref>Murray, Bruce Arthur. ''Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe''. [[University of Texas Press]], 1990. p. 82. {{ISBN|0292724659}}.</ref>

== Plot == A socially aware melodrama delves into the lives of three underprivileged children, each born out of wedlock, residing with foster parents who fail to provide adequate care. The narrative explores the destinies that await these children amidst their challenging circumstances.

==Cast== *[[Bernhard Goetzke]] *[[Margarete Kupfer]] *[[Elsa Wagner]] *[[Jaro Fürth]] *Ralph Ludwig *Fee Wachsmuth *Margot Misch *Fred Grosser *[[Hermine Sterler]] *[[Max Maximilian]] *[[Eduard Rothauser]] *Lili Schoenborn-Anspach *[[Paul Bildt]] *[[Käthe Haack]] *[[Hugo Flink]] *[[Ernst Behmer]] *[[Karl Platen]] *[[Trude Lehmann]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0017498}}

[[Category:1926 drama films]] [[Category:Films of the Weimar Republic]] [[Category:German silent feature films]] [[Category:Films directed by Gerhard Lamprecht]] [[Category:National Film films]] [[Category:German black-and-white films]] [[Category:German silent drama films]] [[Category:1926 German films]] [[Category:1926 German-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Willy Schmidt-Gentner]] [[Category:German-language drama films]]