Writing

Friedrich Hebbel

Born March 18, 1813 · Wesselburen, Germany

Died December 13, 1863 · aged 50

Friedrich Hebbel was a German playwright, poet, and storyteller. His pseudonym in his youth was Dr. J. F. Franz.

Known For

Mother and Child

Mother and Child · 1924

Mother and Child

Mutter und Kind

Mutter und Kind · 1916

Mutter und Kind

A poor couple decides to sell their child to a wealthy couple in the city in order to buy a good piece of land.

Mother and Child

Mother and Child · 1934

Mother and Child

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.

Filmography

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Mother and Child

Mother and Child · 1924

Mother and Child

Story

Mutter und Kind

Mutter und Kind · 1916

Mutter und Kind

A poor couple decides to sell their child to a wealthy couple in the city in order to buy a good piece of land.

Novel

Mother and Child

Mother and Child · 1934

Mother and Child

Consul Petersen and his wife are desperate, because they lost their only child and can’t have another. At the same time, the maid Anna is expecting a child, whose father, Jurgen, works in a sawmill. When both of them lose their jobs, they fear they won’t be able to feed the newborn. Thus, they strike a deal with the Petersens, which works for both couples: Anna and Jurgen will receive a farm from the Petersens, free and clear; and the two will allow the Petersens to adopt the child. Anna and Jurgen marry and are quite happy; but when the child is finally born, Anna doesn’t wish to surrender him and flees with the child into the Wattenmeer.

Story