The Child

The Child — Plot

The action begins one early summer morning in a hostel, where we see, among others, two young girls, a law student, Ruth, and a small office lady, Ilse. From their conversation, we understand that Ilse has a very bourgeois outlook on life. By chance, these two girls come across one of Ruth's fellow students, Pontus Berthelsen, who is spending the summer holidays in a fisherman's cabin. Ilse, who has little world experience, quickly takes an interest in Pontus, who possesses a lot of innate charm. Pontus does his best to conquer Ilse, but her bourgeois attitude means - at first - that she does not fall for his rather deft approaches.

• Release date
• August 20, 1940
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Family, Drama, Comedy
• Director
• Benjamin Christensen

The Child — Cast

Agis Winding Fru Bertelsen, moderen Charles Tharnæs Elias Beatrice Bonnesen Cora Mogens Wieth Inger Lassen Gunnar Lauring Lis Smed Grethe Paaske