On the deck of the Aalborg boat, the young girl Elly stands and stares at Copenhagen's towers and roofs, shining in the red glow of the afternoon sun. Elly has been lucky, she thinks: a maid in a boarding house in Nansensgade, her own room and a good salary. However, Elly is quickly disappointed. The boarding house is dirty, and after advances from one of the boarders, she packs her suitcase. She meets Agnes, a girl from home. Agnes takes Elly under her wing and gets her a place in a hotel and offers her half of her attic room. Elly feels safe with Agnes, but then one day a young man crosses her path.
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Cast
39 people
Bodil Kjer
Known for
Babette's Feast
Poul Reichhardt
Known for
The Olsen Gang
The Counterfeit Traitor
Henning Karmark
Also in
Week-end
Leck Fischer
Jon Iversen
Also in
Blind Justice
Barken Margrethe
Ib Schønberg
Hjalmers far
Known for
Häxan
Alice O'Fredericks
Known for
Häxan
Mogens Klitgaard
Henny Lindorff Buckhøj
Also in
The Girls Are Willing
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Preben Neergaard
Also in
The Man Who Thought Life
People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart
Vera Gebuhr
Known for
Gertrud
Medea
Irwin Hasselmann
Also in
Farlig ungdom
Father of Four
Jon Iversen Director · Alice O'Fredericks Director Leck Fischer Writer
First release August 7, 1944 · Produced in Denmark
Production
ASA
Production
Denmark
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Languages
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Denmark · August 7, 1944
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
March 1, 1946
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