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On Our Own
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On Our Own

1998-02-06 · 75 min · ★ 6.7

Comedy · Drama

Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

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Directors
Lone Scherfig
Production companies
Obel Film, Thura Film, Mellan Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Countries
Sweden, Denmark
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kasper Emanuel StægerKasper Emanuel StægerKasper
Clara Johanne SimonsenSara
Pernille Kaae HøierPernille Kaae HøierJulie
Ann Eleonora JørgensenAnn Eleonora JørgensenLinda
Lars KaalundLars KaalundFinn
Birthe NeumannBirthe NeumannAnne Marie
Bjarne HenriksenBjarne HenriksenLille Per
Claus GervingClaus GervingAllan
Wencke BarfoedWencke BarfoedAllans kone
Max HansenMax HansenArne
Kristian Holm JoensenKristian Holm JoensenBjarne
Lars Nepper-ChristensenClaus
Mikkel Aas MortensenMikkel Aas MortensenElton
Niels Anders ThornNiels Anders ThornHenning
Anne ClausenPige
Mette FondoTvilling
Nanna FondoTvilling
Michael MoritzenMichael MoritzenSkoleinspektør
Anette StøvelbækAnette StøvelbækPædagog
Peter GantzlerPeter GantzlerButiksbestyrer

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