Dance of the Polar Bears

Dance of the Polar Bears

89 mins | Drama, Family | Feb. 5, 1990

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?

Dance of the Polar Bears

89 mins | Drama, Family | Feb. 5, 1990

Dance of the Polar Bears
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?
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Danmarks Radio (DR), Metronome Productions
Original title Lad isbjørnene danse
Directors Birger Larsen
Writers Jonas Cornell, Ulf Stark, Birger Larsen

Cast

Anders Schoubye

as Lasse

Tommy Kenter

as Lasses far

Birthe Neumann

as Lasses mor

Paul Hüttel

as Hilding, Lasses stedfar

Laura Drasbæk

as Lollo, Hildings datter

Kristine Horn

as Tina

Stig Hoffmeyer

as Lærer

Henrik Larsen

as Skoleinspektør

Vibeke Hastrup

as Mother of Tina

Christian Potalivo

as Schoolboy

Dominik Czamacki

as Skoleelev