Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. All three seem friends at first, but gradually Steen starts pushing Mulle away while pulling the impressionable Bjørn with him towards more and more violence.
Directed by Bille August
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Cast
Adam Tønsberg
Bjørn
Morten Hoff
Mulle
Peter Reichhardt
Steen
Lone Lindorff
Bjørn's mother
Arne Hansen
Bjørn's father
Thomas Nielsen
Henning
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Steen's mother
Bent Raahauge Jørgensen
Steen's father
Inga Bjerre Bloch
Mulle's mother
Jens Okking
Mulle's father
Elga Olga Svendsen
Bjørn's grandmother
Willy Jacobsen
Bjørn's Grandfather
Ulrikke Bondo
Kirsten
Søren Frølund
Teacher 'Kaalormen'
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