Spurve under taget (1944)
The action takes place in the bleak, overcrowded, and for many too small apartments in one of Copenhagen's bridge districts, where there are both good citizens, but also people who live a shadowy existence. Up in the attic, Mathilde lives alone with her little daughter Vibeke. She is the result of a coincidence, as is so often the case when a young girl from the provinces comes to the Capital. Mathilde comes from Vordingborg, she went to the city to look for work. At the boarding house where she stayed, she made a friend Ellen, a rather frivolous and indifferent young girl.
Director: Charles Tharnæs
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Karin Nellemose as Mathilde, en ung ensom Pige |
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Ebbe Rode as Carl, en ung ensom Mand |
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John Price as Olsen, en vred Hundemand |
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Valdemar Møller as Fru Olsen, Olsens flittige Kone |
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Helle Virkner as En halvvoksen Pige |
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Jørn Jeppesen as Ernst, Sømand |
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Jens Kjeldby as Viggo, Ernsts glade Kammerat |
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Tove Bang as Ellen, Mathildes ligeglade Veninde |
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Henry Nielsen as En Gaardmand |
| Directing | Charles Tharnæs | Director |
| Writing | Charles Tharnæs | Writer |
| Writing | John Olsen | Writer |
| Production | John Olsen | Producer |
| Sound | Emil Reesen | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Annelise Reenberg | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aage Wiltrup | Director of Photography |
| Art | Max Louw | Production Design |