On Our Own

On Our Own

75 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 6, 1998

Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.

On Our Own

75 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 6, 1998

On Our Own
Three siblings ingeniously avoid being sent off to a children's home while their solo-mother serves a short sentence in a prison for shoplifting. Rather than have the news leak out and have to be escorted off with the eccentric welfare officer, they invent a 'never present' dad who is looking after them.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Det Danske Filminstitut, Thura Film, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Obel Film, Mellan Film
Original title Når mor kommer hjem...
Directors Henning Sprogøe, Lone Scherfig
Writers Jørgen Kastrup, Martha Christensen, Lone Scherfig

Cast

Lars Kaalund

as Finn

Birthe Neumann

as Anne Marie

Bjarne Henriksen

as Lille Per

Claus Gerving

as Allan

Wencke Barfoed

as Allans kone

Max Hansen

as Arne

Niels Anders Thorn

as Henning

Anne Clausen

as Pige

Mette Fondo

as Tvilling

Nanna Fondo

as Tvilling

Michael Moritzen

as Skoleinspektør

Anette Støvelbæk

as Pædagog

Peter Gantzler

as Butiksbestyrer

Charlotte Munksgaard

as Kassedame

Ann Kristine Schmidt

as Demonstratrice

Steen Stig Lommer

as Aftenvagt

Claes Bang

as Politibetjent

Morten Hebsgaard

as Politibetjent

Benjamin Boe Rasmussen

as Fængselsbetjent

Karen Margrethe Bjerre

as Ældre dame

Gunnvør Nolsøe

as Ældre dame

Lillian Tillegreen

as Ældre dame

Søren Malling

as Løber

Rikke Wölck

as Dame på bar