On Our Own

On Our Own

On Our Own

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On Our Own

1998

1h 15m

6.7(5 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

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Obel Film

Thura Film

Det Danske Filminstitut

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kasper Emanuel Stæger

Kasper Emanuel Stæger

Kasper

Clara Johanne Simonsen

Sara

Pernille Kaae Høier

Pernille Kaae Høier

Julie

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Ann Eleonora Jørgensen

Linda

Lars Kaalund

Lars Kaalund

Finn

Birthe Neumann

Birthe Neumann

Anne Marie

Bjarne Henriksen

Bjarne Henriksen

Lille Per

Claus Gerving

Claus Gerving

Allan

Wencke Barfoed

Wencke Barfoed

Allans kone

Max Hansen

Max Hansen

Arne

Creative team

Directed by: Lone Scherfig
Written by: Lone Scherfig
Jørgen Kastrup
Produced by: Michael Obel

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