Children of No Importance

{{Short description|1926 film}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Children of No Importance

|image = Matejko, Die Unehelichen, 1926.jpg

|caption = Theatrical film poster

|native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Die Unehelichen}}

|director = Gerhard Lamprecht

|producer = Gerhard Lamprecht

|writer = Luise Heilborn-Körbitz
Gerhard Lamprecht

|starring = {{ubl|Bernhard Goetzke|Margarete Kupfer|Elsa Wagner|Jaro Fürth}}

|music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner

|cinematography = Karl Hasselmann

|studio = Gerhard Lamprecht Filmproduktion

|distributor = National Film

|released = {{Film date|1926|9|6|df=yes}}

|runtime = 70 minutes

|country = Germany

|language = Silent
German intertitles

}}

Children of No Importance or The Illegitimate (German: Die Unehelichen) is a 1926 German silent drama film directed by Gerhard Lamprecht and starring Bernhard Goetzke, Margarete Kupfer and Elsa Wagner. It was part of the series of Enlightenment films produced in Weimar Germany, examining social issues such as illegitimate children.Murray, Bruce Arthur. Film and the German Left in the Weimar Republic: From Caligari to Kuhle Wampe. University of Texas Press, 1990. p. 82. {{ISBN|0292724659}}.