Barndommens gade

In a small two-room apartment in a backyard in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, 14-year-old Ester lives with her father, mother, and older brother Carl. It is a typical working-class neighborhood of the time, and the apartment lacks any modern conveniences. Coal must be fetched from a dark basement where homeless people have sought shelter and lodging for the night. Ester is a dreamer. She wants to be a writer and secretly writes poetry. She often loses track of time and place when her thoughts wander.

• Astrid Henning-JensenDirector
• Tove DitlevsenWriter
• Erik ThygesenWriter
• Astrid Henning-JensenWriter
• Anne LinnetOriginal Music Composer
• Karen BentzonScreenplay

• Sofie GråbølEster
• Louise FriboLisa
• Carl Quist MøllerCarl
• Vigga BroEsters mor
• Torben JensenEsters far
• Kirsten LehfeldtFrk. Thomsen
• Lene VasegaardLærerinden
• Benny PoulsenBananen
• John Hahn-PetersenGadebetjent
• Birgit ConradiSkolesundhedsplejerske
• Litten HansenEsters moster
• Margrethe KoytuVaskekone