Barndommens gade

Overview

In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

Top Cast

Sofie Gråbøl

Ester

Vigga Bro

Esters mor

Kirsten Lehfeldt

Frk. Thomsen

Else Petersen

Frk. Thomsens mor

John Hahn-Petersen

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