Ditte Menneskebarn

Bjarne Henning-Jensen, 1946
Lille Ditte tilbringer sin barndom hos bedsteforældrene, den fattige fisker Søren Mand og Maren. Efter han er gået bort, bliver hun den gamle kones eneste trøst og støtte. Det er den lille piges…
Lille Ditte tilbringer sin barndom hos bedsteforældrene, den fattige fisker Søren Mand og Maren. Efter han er gået bort, bliver hun den gamle kones eneste trøst og støtte.

Det er den lille piges sorg, at hun ikke som andre børn har en far, og hun er derfor lykkelig, da prangeren Lars Peter en dag kommer og henter hende. Vi ser nu Ditte som en opofrende lillemor for sine halvsøskende i "Skadereden". Ydre omstændigheder gør snart, at Ditte må bære en husmors store ansvar på sine spinkle skuldre.

Cast: Tove Maës, Karen Poulsen, Ebbe Rode, Karen Lykkehus
Director: Bjarne Henning-Jensen
Danmark, 1946
DCP, 104 min.
Engelske undertekster
Tilladt for børn over 15 år

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Danish on a Sunday: Ditte, Child of Man

Little Ditte spends her childhood with her grandparents, the poor fisherman Søren Mand and Maren. After he passes away, she becomes the old woman's only comfort and support.

It is the little girl's…
Little Ditte spends her childhood with her grandparents, the poor fisherman Søren Mand and Maren. After he passes away, she becomes the old woman's only comfort and support.

It is the little girl's sorrow that she does not have a father like other children, and she is happy when the showman Lars Peter comes to pick her up one day. We now see Ditte as a sacrificial little mother for her half-siblings. External circumstances soon mean that Ditte must bear the entire responsibility of a housewife on her frail shoulders.
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