Poster from TMDB
Also known as Boy of Two Worlds
1959 film by Astrid Henning-Jensen
Film · TMDB
5.8A young orphan is sent to live in a Danish village where he is cast out because his mother was a West Indian. With nowhere to turn, the ingenious survivor begins devising a new life outside of town.
Released: 1959-12-18104 minDir: Astrid Henning-JensenFamily, Drama
Cast
- Jimmy Sterman as Paw
- Edvin Adolphson as Anders, poacher
- Asbjørn Andersen as Landowner
- Karen Lykkehus as Miss Bo, Paw's aunt
- Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt as Jensen, schoolteacher
- Karl Stegger as Hansen, officer of the law
Themes
- based on novel or book
- forest
- poacher
- teacher
- racism
- orphan
- mixed race child
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
188 votes
- Year
- 1959
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Rated
- G
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 1960 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- Denmark
- Original language
- Danish
- Director
- Astrid Henning-Jensen
- Screenwriter
- Bjarne Henning-Jensen
- Composer
- Herman David Koppel
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 685196
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1959-12-18
- title
- Paw
- film editor
- Anker Sørensen
- film format
- 35 mm film
- language of work or name
- Danish
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