If watching a fellow facing indifference/rejection in the slums of Berlin didn't convey enough pathos, Gerhard Lamprecht gathered much of the same crew from Die Verrufenen and turned his attention to the city's population of unwanted children for the heart-tugging Die Unehelichen, released the following year. The trio of foster children at the center of Die Verrufenen are survivors who use their own resourcefulness to get by when the kids' guardians and the system itself let them down.
as Peter Hewer
as Lotte
as Frieda
as Paul (as Alfred Grosser)
as Frau Berndt
as Lorenz Hewer
as Zielke
as Frau Zielke
as Frau Martens
as Schneider Martens
as Lottes Mutter
as Der Müller
as Die Müllerin
as Kommisar
as Polizei
as Polizei
