| Lost Child 312 | |
| Director: | Gustav Machatý |
| Producer: | Alfred Bittins Willy Laschinsky |
| Starring: | Inge Egger Paul Klinger Heli Finkenzeller |
| Music: | Bernhard Eichhorn |
| Editing: | Herbert Taschner |
| Studio: | Unicorn Film |
| Distributor: | Neue Filmverleih |
| Runtime: | 95 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
Lost Child 312 (German: Suchkind 312) is a 1955 West German drama film directed by Gustav Machatý and starring Inge Egger, Paul Klinger and Heli Finkenzeller.[1] It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dieter Bartels and Max Mellin. It was the final film of Czech director Machatý .
In the chaos after the Second World War, millions are missing. Ursula, a German mother seeking her child who she lost while fleeing from the expulsion of Germans, puts in a request. Because her fiancée died fighting on the Eastern Front, she remarries again to a doctor. Several years later she sees a picture in a paper and realises it is her own lost daughter. However, her husband, fears that the child's illegitimacy will ruin his job prospects. In addition it turns out that Ursula's fiancée is not dead, but has been held as a Soviet prisoner of war. Troubles over the legal case over the girl are ultimately settled, when he falls in love with the sister of Ursula's husband.