2024

2h 3m

7.6(294 votes)

Drama

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Overview

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

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41 members

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Vic Carmen Sonne

Karoline

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Trine Dyrholm

Dagmar

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Besir Zeciri

Peter

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Joachim Fjelstrup

Jørgen

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Tessa Hoder

Frida

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Ava Knox Martin

Erena

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Ari Alexander

Svendsen

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Søren Sætter-Lassen

Ring Master

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Magnus von Horn

Frida's Husband

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Anna Terpiłowska

Strict Woman

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Dan Jakobsen

Dwarf

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Anna Tulestedt

Old Landlady

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Benedikte Hansen

Jørgen's Mother

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Monika Kępka

Assistant at the Baths

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Maciej Berezowski

Baby

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Nela Łapka

Girl with a Dirty Face

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Robert Trempski

Giant

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Art

Slawomir Macias

Blind Musician

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Gabriel Zubowski

Man-Bird

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Agnieszka Przyborowska-Mitrosz

Woman with Beard

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Peter Sand Magnussen

Constable

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Lars Ulrich Larsson

Juror

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Thomas Kirk

Foreman

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Per Thiim Thim

Landlord Olaf Jensen

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Peter Secher Schmidt

Prosecutor

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Cordelia Majgaard

Young Maid

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Tommy Wurtz Petersen

Foreman in Surgar Factury

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Liv Vilde Christensen

Girl with Baby

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Lizzielou Corfixen

Frida's Sister

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Petrine Agger

Older Bath House Assistant

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Ragnhild Kaasgaard

Woman at Sugar Factory

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Clara Kokseby

Respectful woman in Apt

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Tone Suvi Ellegaard Ebbe

Respectful Woman's Daughter

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Jakob Højlev Jørgensen

Doctor

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Jonas Mikkelsen

Male Customer in Sweets Shop

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Hector Engelbrecht

Newspaper Boy

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Torsten Sonne

Orphange Director

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Birgitte Marianne Krogh

Secretary in Sewing Factory

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Lasse Haastrup

Police Officer

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Anders Hove

Judge

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Helle Marianne Sommer

Raging Woman in Court

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