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, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Tove Ditlevsen
Sofie Gråbøl
Ester
Lene Brøndum
Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Peter Schrøder
Gæst ved Esters konfirmation
Else Petersen
Frk. Thomsens mor
Vigga Bro
Esters mor
Annette Heick
Pige i gården(uncredited)
Daimi
Beboer i kvarteret
John Hahn-Petersen
Gadebetjent
Claus Nissen
Mand på gaden
Lars Lunøe
En rig mand
Hanne Ribens
Ekspedient i chokoladeforretning
Kirsten Lehfeldt
Frk. Thomsen
Torben Jensen
Esters far
Margrethe Koytu
Vaskekone
Benny Poulsen
Bananen
Pelle Koppel
Oscar
Henrik Larsen
Lisas far
Louise Fribo
Lisa
Karen Margrethe Bjerre
En rig kone
Lene Vasegaard
Lærerinden
Birgit Conradi
Skolesundhedsplejerske
Anne Linnet
Michèle Bellaiche
Pige i gården(uncredited)
Eva Madsen
Ismejeridame
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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