The Child

Directed by Benjamin Christensen
1940    85m
6
The action begins one early summer morning in a hostel, where we see, among others, two young girls, a law student, Ruth, and a small office lady, Ilse. From their conversation, we understand that Ilse has a very bourgeois outlook on life. By chance, these two girls come across one of Ruth's fellow students, Pontus Berthelsen, who is spending the summer holidays in a fisherman's cabin. Ilse, who has little world experience, quickly takes an interest in Pontus, who possesses a lot of innate charm. Pontus does his best to conquer Ilse, but her bourgeois attitude means - at first - that she does not fall for his rather deft approaches.
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Cast of The Child
  • Agis WindingFru Bertelsen, moderen
  • Charles TharnæsElias
  • Beatrice BonnesenCora
  • Mogens Wieth
  • Inger Lassen
  • Gunnar Lauring
  • Lis Smed
  • Grethe Paaske
  • Helga Frier
  • Inger Stender
  • Annie Jessen
  • Gudrun Ringheim
  • Emmy Schønfeld
  • Guri Richter
  • Ellen Margrethe Stein

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