The Girl with the Needle

Sep 6, 2024

2h 3m

★ 7.6

Overview

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Lava Films

Nordisk Film Sweden

EC1 Łódź

Film i Väst

Creative Alliance

Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe

The Girl with the Needle Trailers

Cast

Karoline

Vic Carmen Sonne

Dagmar

Trine Dyrholm

Peter

Besir Zeciri

Jørgen

Joachim Fjelstrup

Frida

Tessa Hoder

Erena

Ava Knox Martin

Svendsen

Ari Alexander

Ring Master

Søren Sætter-Lassen

Frida's Husband

Magnus von Horn

Strict Woman

Anna Terpiłowska

Dwarf

Dan Jakobsen

Old Landlady

Anna Tulestedt

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