A man grows up in very modest circumstances in the early years of the 20th century, but his diligence, intelligence and willingness to endure hardship helps him to become a leading brain surgeon. A success story on the face of it, but a story about a man – who is none other than the director's father – a man of powerful emotions. The film explores the nature and origin of the guilt that repeatedly deprived him of happiness.
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Jens Albinus as Richard Malmros
Birthe Neumann as Mother of Eli
Søren Østergaard as Nils Malmros
Ida Dwinger as Mother of Richard
Anders Hove as Frandsen
William Rosenberg as
Lise Stegger as
Preben Harris as
Peter Schrøder as
Lasse Broust Andersen as
Michael Asmussen as
Elin Reimer as
Anni Bjørn as
Ida Dwinger as
Waage Sandø as
Peter Hesse Overgaard as
Søren Sejersen as
Heine Petersen as
Anne Voigt Christiansen as
Nynne Karen Nørlund as
Ole Jakobsen as
Daniel Hagedorn as
Lone Roesgaard as
Marianne Hager as
Sarah K. Øtrup as
Thomas Bendixen as
Bent Nielsen as
Torben Vestergaard as
Ivar Søe as
Bent Aggestrup as
Leo Floor as
Philip Vedel Egly as
Lasse Norring Andersen as
Anne Sofie M. Bøye as
Niels Ellegaard as
Erik Ryssing as
Kasper Mechlenborg Olesen as
Matias Kristian Andersen Bager as
Sven Ole Schmidt as
Mikkel Rønnau as
Vibeke Ankjær as
Jørgen Brorsen as
Niels Hougaard as
Karin Flensborg as
Maria Savery as
Jytte Kvinesdal as
Steffie Therese Mortensen as
Camilla Helene Lind as
Sofie Deplace Jørgensen as
Lasse Lindskov Jensen as
Lars Lunøe as
Simone Bendix as
Bente Banemann as
Puk Lyngaa Hansen as
Anette Becker as
Susanne Christensen as
Bettina Ottosen as
Malene Langborg as
Mads Hammer Larsen as
Niels Skousen as
Bo Vilstrup as
Aase Johansen as
Stig Hoffmeyer as
Andreas Foss as
Niklas Foss as
Charlotte Trier as
Mads Nørby as
Kresten Andersen as
Linda Andersen Fog as
Henrik Vestergård as
Line Glud Dybbøl as
Sina Hauberg Jæger as
Østen Borre Simonsen as
Ove Pedersen as
Hother Bøndorff as
Martin Ringsmose as
Caspar Koch as
Lone Dam Andersen as
Mette Kolding as
Ida Malene Kjær Svennum as
Niels Borksand as
Birthe Backhausen as
Samuel Rachlin as
Henrik Larsen as
Frank Lundsgaard Gundersen as
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