You see a baby born right before your very eyes!
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.
Directors: Lau Lauritzen Jr., Alice O'Fredericks
Cast: Jørgen Reenberg, Maria Garland, Grethe Thordahl, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Jeanne Darville, Lene Ingemann Jørgensen, Betty Helsengreen, Else Jarlbak
You see a baby born right before your very eyes!
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.
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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 sh…
1h 16m
September 5, 1949
Lau Lauritzen Jr., Alice O'Fredericks
Jørgen Reenberg, Maria Garland, Grethe Thordahl
Comedy, Drama