Don't Ask My Heart

Don't Ask My Heart (German: Mein Herz darfst du nicht fragen) is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Paul Martin and starring Willy Birgel, Heidemarie Hatheyer and Maria Holst.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Jürgen Kiebach and Gabriel Pellon In 1945 following the Soviet Union's capture and annexation of East Prussia, Anna Lohmann and her young son flee with other refugees but become separated in the turmoil.

After three years in displaced persons camps Anna gets a job at the estate where she recognises her son.

However, in a court case she is unable to prove he is her son, as the now five year-old has no memory of her.

As he grows ill from the hardships they have to endure, she begins to question whether taking him away from his adoptive parents was the right decision.