Boys

Feb 26, 1977

1h 26m

★ 6.7

Overview

A boy, as seen through three ages and episodes of his life: as a small boy having a boy cousin as his house guest, as a high-school boy in abject love, and as a young stud trying to bed down a nurse.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Steen Herdel Filmproduktion

EBC Films

Boys Trailers

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Cast

Ole, as a child

Mads Ole Erhardsen

Kresten, Ole's cousin

Jesper Hede

Mette, Ole's sister

Mette Marie Hede

Ole's mother

Lone Rode

Ole's father

Poul Clemmensen

The aunt

Lotte Hermann

Child

Mikkel Hede

Child

Karen-Margrethe Nyborg

Child

Charlotte Winther Nielsen

Child

Gaute Munch

Ole, as teenager and adult

Lars Junggreen

Marianne

Inez Thomsen

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