The First Right of the Child (German: Das erste Recht des Kindes) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Fritz Wendhausen and starring Hertha Thiele, Eduard Wesener and Helene Fehdmer.

[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Erwin Scharf.

After becoming pregnant by her student boyfriend, a struggling secretary considers her options.

These include suicide before she decides that every child has the right to be loved.

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