Emma's Shadow
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Emma (Line Kruse) is an eleven year-old only child from a wealthy Danish family. Emma's parents seem more interested in their own interests than in her. One evening when Emma overhears her mother talking about how tragic it must be to have your child kidnapped, Emma decides to stage her own kidnapping. She soon meets Malthe, a kind-hearted, child-like, naïve sewer cleaner who literally stumbles on to her. She convinces Malthe that she is a Russian princess whose family is being chased by Bolsheviks, so Malthe lets Emma stay with him in his very modest abode. After being "kidnapped" for a few days, Emma decides to return home. But, just as she is about to return, she overhears a couple of servants talking about how her parents don't seem to be very upset over her dilemma....
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Cast
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Line Kruse
Emma Zülow
Known for
Chosen
Follow the Money
Börje Ahlstedt
Malthe Eliasson
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Kirsten Bonnén Rask
Hedda Craner
Ole Kragh-Jacobsen
Inge Sofie Skovbo
Emma's Mother
Also in
The Shadow in My Eye
Just a Girl
Rumle Hammerich
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Dan Laustsen
Bent N. Steinert
Gustav
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Tivi Magnusson
Also in
Dolphin
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Director · Jörn O. Jensen Screenplay Thomas Lindahl Composer
United States release July 8, 1988 · Produced in Denmark · Production Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Metronome Productions
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Denmark
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Skyggen af Emma
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Germany · January 1, 1988
Theatrical
Denmark · February 5, 1988
Theatrical
United States · July 8, 1988
Theatrical
Argentina
June 28, 1990
France
April 24, 1991
Netherlands
March 31, 1990 · Amsterdam
Portugal
May 18, 1990
Sweden
February 17, 1989
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