Drama
In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.
Directed by
Astrid Henning-Jensen
Written by
Erik Thygesen, Tove Ditlevsen, Astrid Henning-Jensen
Sofie Gråbøl
Ester
Else Petersen
Frk. Thomsens mor
Lene Brøndum
Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Vigga Bro
Esters mor
John Hahn-Petersen
Gadebetjent
Birgit Conradi
Skolesundhedsplejerske
Karen Margrethe Bjerre
En rig kone
Lars Lunøe
En rig mand
Pelle Koppel
Oscar
Claus Nissen
Mand på gaden
Kirsten Lehfeldt
Frk. Thomsen
Torben Jensen
Esters far
Benny Poulsen
Bananen
Peter Schrøder
Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Margrethe Koytu
Vaskekone
Annette Heick
Pige i gården(uncredited)
Louise Fribo
Lisa
Henrik Larsen
Lisas far
Michèle Bellaiche
Pige i gården(uncredited)
Anne Linnet
Eva Madsen
Ismejeridame
Hanne Ribens
Ekspedient i chokoladeforretning
Lene Vasegaard
Lærerinden
Daimi
Beboer i kvarteret
Litten Hansen
Esters moster
Karina Broch Petersen
Beboer i kvarteret
Rosa Trier
Beboer i kvarteret
Sasha Feder
Beboer i kvarteret
Per Sessingø
Børnelokker

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