The Palme d'Or competitor from Magnus von Horn centers on the vulnerability of pregnant women at a time when abortion was illegal and other options few and far between.
) offers an understated but multi-layered performance as Karoline, a vulnerable but resilient seamstress living in post-WWI/early-1920s Copenhagen, who is left high and dry when her wealthy lover gets her knocked up but won’t marry her. That leaves Karoline with only two options: give herself a bathtub abortion with a knitting needle or have the baby and hand it over to Dagmar , a sinister candy-store owner who runs a backstreet adoption agency.
That inner strength is palpable in the opening scenes as we see Karoline angrily arguing with her landlady, who can’t let her stay anymore now that she’s weeks behind with the rent. Clearly, Karoline has been struggling financially for a while. Although she has a job working at a local clothing factory making uniforms , she’s getting no income from her husband Peter who went off to fight for the allies in WW1 and hasn’t been heard from in months.
Around the time that Karoline realizes she’s pregnant and understandably fosters hopes that Jorgen will marry her, her actual husband Peter shows up out of nowhere, nearly unrecognizable due to horrific wounds on his face that he covers with a custom mask. Worried he will ruin her chances with Jorgen and angry he didn’t let her know he was still alive, Karoline sends Peter away.
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