After discovering that her elderly fiancé has false teeth, a young bride-to-be becomes so distraught that she contemplates suicide.
She is rescued by a young sailor, with whom she has a baby, which she eventually delivers by Caesarian section.
This film stirred up a storm upon release for its depiction of a Caesarian birth.
The film was banned outright in Germany and ran into some censorship problems in the US; still, by its very controversial nature it proved to be a hit wherever it was shown.
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