1950 film by Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks

1951 film by Alice O'Fredericks

An everyday story about a single father with four children, whose eldest daughter, Søs, runs the household. Søs occasionally goes into town with Peter. In connection with Ole's schooling, she comes into contact with his teacher, Jørgen Stæhr. Gradually, love develops between them, especially after Søs and Jørgen participate together in Children's Aid Day. Uncle Anders is a frequent guest in the house, and the neighbor, Mrs. Sejersen, often visits under various pretexts.

Else and her husband want a child but Else can't have one following an abortion performed before she got married. When Jytte, her friend, a salesgirl who is the mistress of a married man, tells her she is pregnant, Else thinks she has worked things out: along with her husband she will adopt the unwanted child. But things turn out differently since Jytte decides to keep the newborn the moment she sets eyes on it.

“破浪而出"的丹麦导演拉尔斯．冯．特里厄扬名国际影坛的代表作，曾获坎城影展评审团大奖及高等技术委员会奖。
男主角是德裔美藉青年凯斯勒，在第二次世界大战后回到从未涉足的祖国。他原是一个和平主义和理想主义者，希望以中立的态度来看待战后的欧洲人民。不料叔叔安排凯斯勒在一列火车上当列车长，使他有机会深入欧洲各地，聆听各种不同的声音，从而揭破了和平口号与人道主义的虚妄。而他爱上的铁路公司老板千金，更是一名纳粹主义的支持者，更使他陷入了两难之境。
导演拍出一种令人目眩神迷的魔幻写实色彩，镜头运用大胆，使观众仿佛进入催眠状态之中，是一部个人艺术风格强烈之作。