Two Penny Dance

Two Penny Dance

95 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 1999

The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.

Two Penny Dance

95 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 1999

Two Penny Dance
The story of Juliane, a young woman who learns how to take her fate in her own hands and to trust nobody but herself. The plot is set in the Copenhagen tenements of the 1880s. Juliane is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who suffers extended periods of insanity. They have two children. She struggles to improve her social status, however, striving to attain the level of her two elder sisters is not easy. The great upheaval comes when she meets Otto, a smith, younger than Juliane, and in many ways her opposite. He is an ardent socialist, whereas she believes in herself. It is love at first sight when they meet and waltz on the pavement, but their passion really bursts into flame as time goes by. At last Juliane has found a man as strong-willed as she is.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Per Holst Filmproduktion
Original title Klinkevals
Directors Hans Kristensen
Writers Kim Leona, John Stefan Olsen

Cast

Mette Lisby

as Juliane Jensen

Pelle Koppel

as Otto Jensen

Lars Simonsen

as Simon Berggren

Bodil Jørgensen

as Josephine

Birthe Neumann

as Madam Olsen

Thomas Eje

as Helbig

Kristian Halken

as Linder

Sanne Grangaard

as Rikke

Anne Louise Hassing

as Madam Birk