The Child

The Child (1940)

FamilyDramaComedy

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.

Director: Benjamin Christensen
Writer: Leck Fischer

Casts

	Agis Winding as Fru Bertelsen, moderen
	Charles Tharnæs as Elias
	Beatrice Bonnesen as Cora
	Mogens Wieth as
	Inger Lassen as
	Gunnar Lauring as
	Lis Smed as
	Grethe Paaske as
	Helga Frier as
	Inger Stender as
	Annie Jessen as
	Gudrun Ringheim as
	Emmy Schønfeld as
	Guri Richter as
	Ellen Margrethe Stein as

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