

95 minutes
10/29/1999
The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.

Mette Lisby
as Juliane Jensen

Pelle Koppel
as Otto Jensen

Lars Simonsen
as Simon Berggren

Bodil Jørgensen
as Josephine

Kristian Halken
as Linder

Sanne Grangaard
as Rikke

Thomas Eje
as Helbig

Allan Svensson
as Slangter Bengtsson

Birthe Neumann
as Madam Olsen

Claus Strandberg
as Vicevært Nielsen

Tinja Sterndorff
as Madam Nielsen

Anne Louise Hassing
as Madam Birk

Christiane Rohde
as Madam Grøn

Allan Olsen
as Peder Kjærdsgaard

Krister Henriksson
as Wilhelm Hansen

Peter Schrøder
as Trykkeriejer Knudsen

Hans Henrik Voetmann
as Snedkermester Thomsen

Maria Stokholm
as Ingeborg

Grethe Mogensen
as Frk. Mortensen

Morten Gundel
as Johan
Isabella Munch
as Thora
Bella Ahrenberg Benzon
as Amalie

Sasia Mølgaard
as Henriette
Sofie Barfoed
as Karla Bafoed
Mathilde Andresen Klærke
as Dagmar

Birgitte Raaberg
as Syngepige, Bakkens Hvile

Ellen Hillingsø
as Syngepige, Varieté

Karoline Munksnæs
as Syngepige, Barcelona
Sara Grabow Johnsen
as Syngepige, Barcelona

Lars Lunøe
as Politimester

Peter Aude
as Betjent

Lise Schrøder
as Sygeplejerske

Jesper Hyldegaard
as Fængselsbetjent

Jan Hertz
as Præst
Astrid Kruse
as Lisbeth, trykkeri

Solbjørg Højfeldt
as Brevstemme