The two leading actors form a team traveling round performing as a professional dancing couple who has difficulty making ends meet. Ebbe Rode is the dreamer and Bodil Kjer the down to earth realist. Bodil Kjer expands her image to encompass the disillusioned woman reflecting the hard life she has gone through. Ebbe Rodes disappointed optimism turn into violence with dramatic consequences.
Director: Asbjørn Andersen & Anker Sørensen.
Stars: Bodil Kjer, Ebbe Rode, Ib Schønberg, Bjarne Forchhammer, Torsten Winge, Jon Lennart Mjøen, Inge-Lise Grue, Anton De Verdier, Thecla Boesen. AKA John and Irene
Good find, Jon. Hadn’t heard of this one before. It was good, if slightly moralizing.
Thanks!
Was familiar with this film many years ago but never seen. This hard to find film is a gem, An excellent, poignant Danish film. Thanks Jon
Danish noir! Great stuff.
A good film—a sometimes awkward combination of expressionism, neo-realism and film noir. Loads of atmosphere—and a pervading sense of doom. Noir to the nth degree! Powerful stuff.