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Toxi (1952)
This German slice-of-life drama is based on a very real postwar dilemma. At the time the film was made, there were over 3000 children living in Germany who'd been fathered by African American GIs. Referred to as "mischlings," these children were often treated as outcasts because of their illegitimacy and skin color. One such mischling is Toxi (played by herself), who is sent to live with her American father when her mother dies. At first, Toxi is welcomed with opened arms, but the father, who already has two children, has neither the time nor the money to care for the girl. Toxi is then bundled off to an orphanage, sparking a serious rift in her father's family. By concentrating on a highly fictionalized plotline, Toxi tends to ignore the thousands of other mischlings whose lives are far more complex and tragic than that of the film's central character.
Updated May 26 2020
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Cast
Elisabeth Flickenschildt
Tante Wally
Ernst Waldow
Übelhack
Carola Höhn
Charlotte Jenrich
Katharina Brauren
Vorsteherin
Erika von Thellmann
Frau Übelhack
Lotte Brackebusch
Frau Berstel
Johanna Hofer
Grossmutter Helene
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Crew
Alice Ludwig
Editor
Igor Oberberg
Director of Photography
Robert A. Stemmle
Director
Michael Jary
Original Music Composer
Hermann Schwerin
Producer
Werner Ludwig
Producer
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