Dance of the Polar Bears
Genres
Overview
At age 12, Lasse is a tough guy and a bright one. His life is changed when his mother, pregnant at the time, abandons his beloved father. She takes Lasse with her to live with her new paramour, a dentist as authoritarian as Lasse's Elvis Presley-fan butcher dad was easy-going. The dentist has a daughter, too, and she is a jealous schemer. Lasse tries hard to conform, but can a tiger change its stripes?
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
89 min
Release Date
1990-02-05
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
6.2
Anders Schoubye
Lasse
Tommy Kenter
Lasses far
Birthe Neumann
Lasses mor
Paul Hüttel
Hilding, Lasses stedfar
Laura Drasbæk
Lollo, Hildings datter
Hakim Bellman Jacobsen
Gubbi
Kristine Horn
Tina
Stig Hoffmeyer
Lærer
Vibeke Hastrup
Mother of Tina
Christian Potalivo
Schoolboy
Dominik Czamacki
Skoleelev
Henrik Larsen
Skoleinspektør
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