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Dance of the Polar Bears

Lad isbjørnene danse

1990 · 1h 29m · Drama, Family · Denmark · Rated 7 (DK)

At age 12, Lasse is a tough guy and a bright one. His life is changed when his mother, pregnant at the time, abandons his beloved father. She takes Lasse with her to live with her new paramour, a dentist as authoritarian as Lasse's Elvis Presley-fan butcher dad was easy-going. The dentist has a daughter, too, and she is a jealous schemer. Lasse tries hard to conform, but can a tiger change its stripes?

Directed by
Birger Larsen
Written by
Jonas Cornell, Birger Larsen
Based on the novel by
Ulf Stark
Starring
Anders Schoubye, Tommy Kenter, Birthe Neumann, Paul Hüttel
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Rating7 (DK)

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