
Henning Carlsen
Director


The late 1930s. A young unemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitchen meals and partly on day-dreams. He spends time at a cemetery studying headstone inscriptions. Mild-mannered and of poetic bent, he understands little of an intellectual friend's advice and shies away from the love of a woman who shares her bed with him. Henning Carlsen's portrayal of the unemployed dreamer gave Jesper Christensen an Award for best actor.
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Henning Carlsen
Director

Jesper Christensen
Den arbejdsløse

Jens Okking
Vægtløftermennesket
Otto Brandenburg
Graveren

Jess Ingerslev
Taleren

Gyrd Løfquist
Kontormanden

Karl Stegger
Nuslemennesket
Ingolf David
Den skægstubbede
Jesper Klein
Filipensmennesket
Peer Guldbrandsen
Tobakshandleren
Edward Fleming
Kirkegårdsbetjenten
Sven Aage Larsen
Vraget

Kirsten Olesen
Elisabeth
Volmer Sørensen
Vorherre
Volmer Sørensen
Kontormanden
Ellen Margrethe Stein
Tanten
Else Højgaard
Ella
Preben Neergaard
Hr. Sivertsen
Caja Heimann
Fru Sivertsen
Tage Axelson
Gravererens hjælper