This is a film about how an ordinary man, a restaurateur in a small Danish town and owner of Café Håbet, has his happiness shattered one morning. Restaurateur Christian Christiansen has just prepared for his big trip to visit his only son, who wants to build a house, and now he has to help with a loan, which he can afford. He has saved every penny, and now his son is well on his way and is going to build, not a poor house with a cardboard roof and cheap materials, no, a proper brick villa with red bricks and tiles.
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Cast
21 people
Ib Schønberg
Krovært Christian Christiansen
Known for
Häxan
Frits Helmuth
Simon
Known for
Flickering Lights
Leck Fischer
John Hilbert
Torben Anton Svendsen
Gunnar Lauring
Tømmerhandleren 'Kongen'
Known for
For freedom and justice
Lise Wolst
Sonja
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Kate Mundt
Ketty
Also in
A Town in the Province
Karin Nellemose
Fru Rudi
Known for
Master of the House
Inge Hvid-Møller
Anna
Kjeld Jacobsen
Max
Also in
Once There Was a War
Brødrene på Uglegaarden
Hans-Henrik Krause
Niels
Also in
Blackout
Bryggeren
Torben Anton Svendsen Director · Leck Fischer Writer
First release August 17, 1953 · Produced in Denmark · Production Nordisk Film
Production
Nordisk Film Denmark
Production
Nordisk Film
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Denmark
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Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
Denmark · August 17, 1953
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