Boy of Two Worlds
1959 · Movie · 93 min. · Denmark
A young boy (Jimmy Sterman), the result of a union between a danish sailor and a woman from the Virgin Islands (a former Danish crown colony) is brought to Denmark to live with paternal relatives in a pleasant country town. Of course, the mere presence of the boy forces the good citizens to reevaluate their hitherto hypocritical view of racism. Paw was based on a popular children's book from 1918, and the sight of a small black child in provincial Denmark was still a revelation in 1959. Times have changed; the small kingdom has since become a multi-cultural society with problems demanding (and sometimes receiving) far more serious solutions than director Astrid Henning-Jensen was able to provide.
Direction Astrid Henning-Jensen
Cast Jimmy Sterman · Edvin Adolphson · Asbjørn Andersen · Ninja Tholstrup · Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt · Karen Lykkehus · Preben Neergaard · Karl Stegger · Ebba Amfeldt
Soundtrack Herman D. Koppel
Screenplay Astrid Henning-Jensen · Bjarne Henning-Jensen · Torry Gredsted
Cinematography Henning Bendtsen · Niels Carstens · Arthur Christiansen
Original title Paw
Also known as Boy from Two Worlds
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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