"Off you go, girls." "Are you Miss Nørregaard, then?" "Welcome to Copenhagen." "I hope you had a good journey." "Leave your bag here a moment." "Do sit down." "Then we'll go and find you a spot of supper in the kitchen." "So you're the recipient of the County Prefectess's Bursary." "The Prefectess helped to found our college." " My parents told me." " I'm pleased to have you here." "I understand you have also signed up for a General Certificate." "Domestic Science School by day, grammar school by night." "But it also needs to be practicable." "Your evening classes end at 11 pm, I understand." "You can't be in two places at once." "At 11 pm we have evensong." " I can be here by 11.15." " What if all the girls said that?" "The General Certificate really matters to me." "I am sure domestic science does, too." "I had a long talk with your father." " You talked to my father?" " He thought I should tell you." "You can do your school certificate next year if Our Lord wills it so." "Excuse me for taking up your time." "Our Lord has plans for me this year." "Father knew evening classes would be impossible." "We didn't want to disappoint you." " So you knew, too." " I didn't want to upset you." " You knew." "You'll have to make the best of it." "Are your room mates nice?" "I didn't meet them." "I'm at the railway station." "You've left the college?" "You can't do that, Ida." "Go back to Miss Madsen." "You can take your certificate next year." "That's what she said." "I could take it next year." " What are you going on about?" " I have enrolled for it." "Unless you go back you must come home." " Come home and talk to Daddy." " I'll phone again later." "You can't stay in Copenhagen." "Where would you live?" "What about money?" "Ida?" "Bright young lady wanted for office work at radio manufacturer's" "We could call it the "1950"." "Bang  Olufsen had a "48", after all." " You mean plagiarize BO?" " Oh, no." "It would be a tribute to the new decade." "Lots of people expect..." "The nation expects peace and stability   and a new radio with a name that won't go out of date." " We must make it by Christmas..." " I'll look at it right away." " Mr Blomkvist?" " He's gone for today." " It's about the vacancy." " Interviews are tomorrow." " Oh, yes." "I mixed it up." " Come early; there'll be crowds." " Idiot!" " I beg your pardon?" "I didn't mean you, sir." " Where are you from?" " I'm from Ringkøbing." "That's a long way to come for a job interview." "Come in." "This is very good." "Very good indeed." "And you've brought your Ordinary Certificate..." "Let's see..." "Well, well!" "How can such a clever girl muddle up the date?" "I have already been to four places." "I didn't even get interviewed." " I need this job." " May I hear a bit more about why?" "I have enrolled to take my General Certificate." "We do have busy periods, you know." "My classes start at 6.15." "When I have to work late, I'll do so." "We could try you out." "Shall we say till Christmas?" " Do you mean it?" " Let's see how things work out." "One, two, three... no, stop it!" "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven..." " Hello." "It's about the room..." " What?" "Where did you see that?" " At Bella." "The radio factory." " Oh, yes." "Come on in." "Hello, Mrs Bendtsen." " What were you doing at Bella?" " I've just been taken on." "In the accounts department." " In the office?" " Yes." "Does it matter?" "No, I don't suppose so." "Would you like to have a look?" "The bed will be put in my room." "Emma, supper time!" "You did notice you'd have to babysit Emma sometimes, didn't you?" "I only have Saturdays and Sundays." "I've got evening school." "Just a moment." " The new paper boy has..." " Palle!" "Say she wants a word." " Sorry to bother you." " Just a tic!" "From, shift your bum!" " Sorry to bother you." " Just a tic!" "From, shift your bum!" "I've told him before." "Every day I practically trip over your rag." " Read it!" "You might learn from it." " From the communists?" "!" " I've no time for you." "Shut your gob!" "I won't have that gutter trash in my home." "It's full of lies." " It's not a copy of the Pravda." " Pravda means "Truth"." " Family, are you?" " I've come about the room." "Here." "Emma, this is the third time!" " This is... what was your name?" " Ida Nørregaard." "She's going to lodge with us and look after you now and then." "Saturdays and Sundays are better than nothing." " 55 kr. a month." " I can manage that." " Where are you from?" " Ringkøbing." "Know where that is?" "Of course I do." "Oh, chatting away already?" "My name is Karen." "And this is... stand up when you say hello!" "This is Emma!" " Hello." " Have you had supper?" "Yes." "I left my suitcase at the railway station, and my bike." "It won't run away." "Come on, grab a plate." "You could have told me it wasn't possible." "What about the bursary?" " I know I can't accept it." " I'll write to the committee." " Write to the committee?" "You're not the one who has to live in this town." "You do realize how much shame this means for your mother and me?" "Why does it shame you?" "I'm the one who was awarded it." "Daddy, I don't want us to fall out." "I have been so fortunate." "I have found a job and I have found lodgings, too." " And you think you'll matriculate?" " Why do you say that?" "We know what happens to girls in Copenhagen on their own." " I'll pass my exams." " I see." "You'll have to make do as best you can." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Splendid, Miss Nørregaard." " I have a meeting this afternoon." " At 3 o'clock." "I've brought the file." " Thank you, but there are two." " Two files?" "I'll fetch the other." " When do your classes start?" " This evening." " Good luck." " Thanks." " There's another file." " Over there." " The Juttish girl?" "Søs Nielsen." " Ida Nørregaard." " You're the girl in the pictures." " Oh, those awful photos." "I did your job before I joined the sales department." "Awfully boring." "Miss Toft says you're lodging at Karen Jensen's." "There's no stopping you!" "See you around." "She's the MD's daughter." "You should see her fiancé!" "His father is an important lawyer." "Mr Cedergren, KC." " She's a communist." " The MD's daughter?" "Goodness, no!" "Karen Jensen." "Nobody knows who Emma's dad is." "Stop!" "It is 11 a.m. The managers' meeting has begun." "The MD does not want to be disturbed." " So the MD's son has come home." " Where from?" "America." "They called it a study trip." "He works here as a salesman." "Hi, Søs." "He certainly chose the right moment." "Mum wrote you'd got engaged." "Who's the unlucky chap?" "He's coming to dinner tonight, and you're not invited." "Give me a hand, eh?" " What's in this?" " The future, my little sister." "Miss Toft, you're not married, are you?" "So there is still hope." "Goodness!" "A new girl!" " Hello, Erik." " Hello, Dad." "I'm back!" " Hello." " Was it an interesting trip?" " Quite fantastic." " Shall we..." " No, do stay." " Erik, we're in a meeting." "You've got to see what I bought." "Do you know what is in this box?" " So that's what they're like." " I've seen photographs." "But the screen looks bigger in real life." "We'll see how it was made and then we'll start... manufacturing them." "Bella could be the first factory in Denmark to supply television sets." " Is there going to be television?" " Dad, of course there is." "I hadn't noticed." "Are you gentlemen better informed?" "Experiments are being done." "They transmit a test card every day." "See, Dad?" "It's only a matter of time." "Test cards are one thing." "But parliament's desire to start television broadcasting is another." " Not everyone listens to the radio." " Television isn't on the agenda." "Erik, go home." "Your mother can't wait to see you." "The family I was staying with over there..." "After supper they opened some shutters." "I expected a radio." "And BANG!" "Elizabeth Taylor was talking in the living room!" "He saw Elizabeth Taylor." " In America?" " No, on television." " Erik, can't it wait?" " They're transmitting now." "That does look good!" "It'll come." "You just wait." "I know what's wrong." "The Americans use a different system." "It only has 525 lines." "American TV sets are no use in Europe." "What did you pay for it?" "How much did it cost?" " What did it cost?" " I asked a simple question." "What did you pay for that completely useless apparatus?" " 3000 kr.?" "You must be mistaken." " And it's ripe for the dustbin." "One can only pity the MD for having such a son." "Per!" " Has your brother arrived?" " He's already put his foot in it." " We can't do better than that." " Thank you, Mama." "I am so happy to have you home again." "Good evening!" "How nice of you to come." " How are your parents?" " They're in Venice." " How lovely!" " Yes, so Per has got the car." " Isn't Daddy home yet?" " I'll tell cook we're delayed." " This is my impossible brother." " Per Cedergren." "How d'you do?" "How do you do?" "I am sorry you missed our little engagement party." "We can thank the Americans for Marshall Aid." "But can a Social Democratic government administer it?" " When is the wedding?" " When I am called to the bar." " When is the wedding?" " When I am called to the bar." " When will that be?" " In spring 1953." " Spring 53?" " Oh, four years will pass quickly." "Uncle Harald was engaged to Aunty Lissen for 32 years." "He was a homosexual." "You've arrived, Per." "Make yourself at home." " Thank you, sir." " Your parents are away?" "You are really serious, aren't you?" "You're just envious because he's better looking than you." "A pity about his watch, though." "It stopped 30 years ago, eh?" "Erik!" "Honestly!" "Good evening." "Well, well, well!" "Just one little lady this year." "Arne Dupont." "I shall be teaching you Danish and English." "I assume that most of you work in the day time." "Let me warn you:" "If you think this will be easy, pack up and go." "By exam time only half of you will still be coming." "Mind you, I can't imagine half a lady at the examination." "So, thus encouraged, let us open our wee satchels   and dig out Axel Olrik to hear what he says about folk songs." " It was a lovely evening, darling." " See you." "Yes, goodnight." "Goodnight." "Are you sure there isn't a touch of uncle Harald in Per?" "He must be a bit weird, if he can keep off you for four years." " Have you already seduced him?" " None of your business." "I bet you can't!" "When will we get to meet your fiancé?" "Erik, can we have a word?" "Mr Trane has left us for Linnet  Laursen." "We've had to reorganize." "I'd like you to do Jutland." " I did Jutland a year ago." " We need a man there now." " From when?" " Tomorrow." " I've only just got home." " You needn't leave tonight." "No, the late train tomorrow will be fine." "It's the television, isn't it?" "That has nothing to do with it." "But it is the stupidest thing you have managed yet." "Lots of other people are saying we'll soon have television." "That is exactly the trouble." "Too much talking." "Radio sales have fallen drastically in the last two years   because people are waiting for television that won't come." "The 3000 kr. will be deducted from your salary by instalments." "Erik, that's what engineer Funder receives for three months' work." "How can you blow so much without talking to me first?" "I wanted to surprise you." "I see." "Well, at least you succeeded in that." " Good evening." " Good evening." "Oh, darn..." "Palle, we must put this on the valve." " Evening." " Good evening." " You're at night school?" " I've just begun." "If you like you can borrow my books." " Have you matriculated?" " I'm reading economics." " At university?" " Yes." "Evening..." "I didn't know he was at university." "He is so clever." "He certainly doesn't take after his father!" "He worships Jens Otto Krag." "He's practically in love with him." " Doesn't he have a mother?" " She is in hospital." "TB." "Palle and his dad just sit there evening after evening." " How were your classes?" " I've 40 pages for tomorrow." " My father says I'll never make it." " You will." "Shut up!" "Do be quiet!" "From the sales department to the canteen and back." "Now it's your turn." "This is for his travel expenses..." "Mr Nielsen's." " Is he already going away again?" " The MD is sending him to Jutland." "Try the factory floor." " Hey, an extra week's wages!" " This is Ida." "Hi, Ida..." "Hello, Ida." " Did Miss Toft send you?" " She daren't come down here." " I'm looking for Mr Nielsen." " She might break a nail." "Has anybody seen Mr Nielsen?" "Try out there." "Thank you." " My, my, the new girl!" " Here are your travel expenses." " Did Blomkvist take you on?" " It wasn't Mr Blomkvist." "My father did?" "Full marks for taste." "Hey!" "I want to show you something." " You haven't seen one of these." " I have seen a photo." "But I believe it had a glass screen." "I forgot you were with Miss Toft." "I've been deported to Jutland." " It sounds like a punishment." " So you've never been there." "You have?" "You come from Jutland." "Quite so." "Bon voyage, Mr Nielsen." "I hope we'll meet again, Miss." "What is your name?" "Ninny!" "Lovely!" "Haven't you changed your mind?" "No, it looks a trifle chilly to me." "Søs, surely you're not going to change here!" "No, Søs." " The others are by the cars." " Don't!" "We're so alone that you can warm me up a bit." " Be careful!" "You'll break my pipe!" " Oh, is that your pipe?" " We'd better get back." " Why had we better?" "We have to pick up my parents from the railway station." " Must we wait four years?" " I have to wash the car, too." " For four years." " Don't you think I want to, too?" "I curse myself for respecting you so dearly." "Could you try to respect me a little less?" "Are you cross now?" "I suppose you're always a bit cross." "I just don't understand the way you make fun of everything." " Nothing matters to you." " You matter to me." "In that case I have a request to make." "Stop posing for those photographs." "It's inappropriate now." " I don't understand." " In that case I must forbid it." " Is that what you want?" " No, it isn't." "Now I know your name." "Ida Nørregaard." "Were you afraid I'd forgotten?" "Miss Toft said this was where your classes were." "I wanted to say goodbye and to ask if you'd come with me to Jutland." "It'd be really nice." "After all, you know the place." "Please don't tell my father you saw me by the car." " With the television, you mean?" " Yes." " I already have done." " You have?" "What did he say?" "Something about a whole year in Jutland." "That was funny..." "Hey, you smiled!" " I don't think so." " You did." " I won't tell anyone." " Do you know where I went today?" "To the Radio House." "Ever been there?" "They'll fix the television set." "It's a fantastic place." "Under the eaves there's a TV studio." "Anyone who says we won't have television should go and look." " When is your train?" " I've got plenty of time." "Take care." "I'll phone you if I have trouble with the lingo." "You did it again." "Thank you for being able to keep a secret." " Why are you smiling?" " No reason." "Just a stray thought." "Good morning, Mrs Bendtsen." " How are classes?" " I've got a translation exercise." " What are you looking for?" " I submitted an article." "Somebody accused the trade minister of serving the commies." " Jens Otto Krag?" " Yes." "Bread, flour and grain have already been released." "The same applies to gas, soda, tobacco, and textiles." "Not to mention the areas where the ration has been increased." "For coffee and tea, cocoa and fuel." " To say that Krag is only..." " There it is." "There..." " Close the door!" "The draught!" " Your son is in the paper." " They published your article?" " Yes, it rather looks like it." "Well, well, well." "We must show Mother." " This is looking better." " It's all your doing." " Bellasono is an excellent name." " But we're pushed for time." " You wanted to talk to me?" " Yes." "Thank you, Funder." " What is this?" " Mr Nielsen's travel accounts." " Has he come back?" " He dropped in just now." "He asked after you, by the way." " What is this?" " Your daughter." "My daughter is not going to appear in our campaign." " I asked you to find somebody else." " There are four others." "If you really think they're prettier, so be it." "Your fiancé doesn't want you to continue your modelling." "You've completely misunderstood." "Per says it's a great idea." " That surprises me." " It's true, Daddy." "You might at least let the agency choose." "When I want something you say no." "Erik always gets his way." " America, his own account..." " He's paying for that television." "You are so naive, Daddy." " I beg your pardon?" " Who'll pay for that television?" "Mr Nielsen's receipts have always been a laugh." "Miss Nørregaard, would you come into my office?" " Does homework take all your time?" " It's not that bad." " Are you going home for Christmas?" " Yes, I expect so." "You're doing well here." "Would you be able to carry out a confidential assignment?" "I'll do my best." " You've my son's travel expenses?" " Yes." "Please scrutinize them thoroughly." "Erik is so sloppy." "We'll help him." "Compare his chits with his daily reports." "Get them from the sales department." "They will indicate where he went." "We won't involve anyone else." "Do it after Miss Toft has gone." "I haven't forgotten your classes." "But you must try to fit both in." "Miss Nørregaard!" "How are you getting on?" " Did you have a good trip?" " I thought about you non-stop." " You didn't reveal my secret?" " No, not a word." "Has my father already given you overtime?" "He gets through loads of secretaries." "One day they're here   and the next day they're gone." "I think he walls them up." "The day they demolish the factory it'll be full of skeletons." "I don't mean to frighten you." "He's perfectly harmless." "It's like the war." ""Ordnung muss sein"." "Not something you suffer from." "Such sloppy travel expenses!" "Are you going on about that?" "What do you mean by sloppy?" "The chits could do with being ironed." "You haven't turned in the balance outstanding." "Please bring it. 'Bye." "Goodbye." " It's late." " Yes." "I'll miss supper." "From, our neighbour, just dropped in." "Palle has received a letter from the minister of trade's secretary!" " About his article?" " The minister wants to meet him." " Quite a fairy tale!" " Meeting Krag is no fairy tale." "What's the story of Mr Nielsen's son?" " What do you mean?" " The MD doesn't trust him." "They say he is a good salesman." "His mother got him into the firm." "The factory was started on her money." "The factory was started on her money." " Well, goodbye." " Goodbye." " Did you find the money?" " Yes, but it's 800 kroner short." "A few receipts got mislaid." "I can't find them." " You must." " Just write "missing receipts"." "I'll do it for you." " Where'd you like to have supper?" " I've got classes." " Please find those receipts." " Does it matter so much to you?" "I am trying to ask Miss Nørregaard out." "Perhaps I'll be more fortunate." "Would you come in?" " You are taking your time." " We've been stocktaking, too." "Let's say my son's travel expenses will be on my desk on Boxing Day?" "I'll see to it." " Hello, Palle." " Hello." " Have you met Jens Otto Krag?" " No, not yet." "Not till our New Year's Eve party." "You're partying with the minister of trade?" "Not all evening." "He won't get there till after midnight." " So I can raise a glass with dad." " Your mum won't be home?" "We thought so, but she took a turn for the worse a day or two ago." "She..." " My mother died in the night." " Oh, no!" "So I have loads of practical things to..." " And my father isn't..." " Can I help in any way?" "He's getting more and more impossible." "I can't even have a proper argument with him any more." " What's the matter?" " His wife has just died." "I met Palle downstairs." "She died last night." "Oh, my goodness." "From, I've just heard..." "I'm really sorry." "My condolences." "I'm terribly sorry." "I'll talk to the paper boy." "Don't you worry." "Damn!" " What did you want to show me?" " Come on." " Where are you going?" " To remove it at once." "It's on display in every radio shop in the country." "Per, sweetheart." "Per, is it really so awful?" "Yes, it's vulgar." "Look at the way you're showing off!" "I made it clear that I would not accept..." "Per!" "You aren't my master." "You might as well understand." "No!" "I do what I please." "I'm not going to end up at 40   with a nervous twitch like your mother." "I hear Miss Nielsen's engagement has gone down the drain." "Oh, I'm not saying a word." "And just before Christmas!" " Aren't you coming?" " No, I'll do another 10 minutes." "Mr Nielsen said he'd bring a couple of receipts in." "Just add a note saying "Missing receipts"." "Anyway, Merry Christmas!" "I'd like a Ringkøbing number, please: 34 7." " Hello." " Just to say Merry Christmas!" "I won't be able to phone later." "Did you get my parcel?" " Yesterday." "Did you get ours?" " I'll open it tonight." "I expect you're having goose?" "I can almost smell it from here." " You sound a bit down." " Mummy, I'm fine." "We'll have a lovely time." "Is Daddy there?" " Upstairs with the boys." " May I talk to him?" " It wouldn't be a good idea, Ida." " Never mind." "Mummy, I must be going." "Give them all my love and a hug for the boys." "And say hello to Daddy." "Goodbye, Mummy." "Merry Christmas, little Ida." "Unless you want to spend Christmas here..." "I'm coming." "I just need to..." "Did I frighten you?" "I was afraid you'd gone." "Merry Christmas." " Oh, you shouldn't have." " For helping me." " I haven't helped you." " You kept my secret." "Open it!" "I bought it for you in America." " You hadn't met me then." " I had." "You just don't know it." " Why didn't you come today?" " I'm here." "Look what I found in a pocket!" "The missing receipts!" "They'll balance the books." "They'd been to the cleaners." " The exact amount!" " You smile at the funniest things." "Have you got the key to the office?" "We must add them to your travel expense accounts." "It's Christmas Eve." "My travel expense accounts..." " Why is it in dad's office?" " Your father thinks..." "Nothing." "Just add them to the file." " Who phoned?" " Per Cedergren, for the third time." "Søs still won't talk to him." "Some courtesy'd do no harm." "I was courteous enough to return his ring." "Here's a present we'd forgotten!" " It's for you, Dad." " For me?" " I've already had one from you." " You'll soon smoke those cigars." "I found my travel expense file in your office." "I've been a bit pushed for cash." "Mum lent me some money." "The accounts balance." " You paid for that television." " It's a loan." " Shouldn't we have talked it over?" " You sent Erik to Jutland." "Every time he does something mad you step in to rescue him." "He is an immature 20-year-old." "You have drowned him in love." " What a peculiar expression." " Well, it's a peculiar result." "Good morning." " Are you ill?" " I spent Christmas at my brother's." "His children just get more and more unbearable." "Merry Christmas." "Thank you." "Miss Nørregaard, will you come into my office?" "Have you spoken to my son about his accounts?" "I got onto him about some missing receipts." "Did you give him the impression that I suspected him of wrongdoing?" " Yes, I may have." " I don't understand." "I am sorry I misjudged you so badly." "I thought we'd agreed to keep the matter between the two of us." " I am sorry." " That will be all." "You can collect your outstanding wages from petty cash." "I'd rather you cleared your desk at once." " Are you poorly now as well?" " Goodbye, Miss Toft." "Do you just intend to sit there?" "Erik, damn it!" "It's New Year's Eve." "You might as well have gone with mum and dad to Tibirke." "Forget little Miss Nørregaard." "When Daddy has made up his mind, there's no changing it." "You haven't fallen in love with her, have you?" "Oh, poor Erik." " Go and see her." " I can't do that!" "You don't usually give up so easily." "I am sorry Daddy's always on your back." "That's all I wanted to say." "What was that?" "Damned kids!" "When I get hold of you you'll get your ears boxed." " If I see you here again..." " Let's have some peace and quiet!" "It's your stupid kids letting off bangers on the stairs." "They're not my kids, From." " Get a move on!" " Maybe I should stay in?" " You seem a bit..." " A bit what?" "I'm fine." " Get a move on." "It's 12.15." " Krag may have forgotten." "If you don't go now he'll think you've forgotten him." "Have a good evening." "Søs..." "Søs, Søs..." " She's otherwise engaged, buddy." " Søs, can't we talk?" "We can't go on meeting like this." "Søs, I really do want to talk to you." "Cedergren, let's get something to drink a toast with." "He's had enough and he's moving on." "Off you go." "Come on." " Stop it." "You're pitiful." " Pitiful?" "Me, pitiful?" " Look at yourself!" " What about you?" "You and your..." "You've been toying with me." "All along." "Why did you come?" "I'm not having this." "Stay here." "Try to respect me a little less!" " Wasn't that what you said?" " Let go of me!" "What?" "I'm going to... respect you." "I'm going to respect you!" "No!" " Let go of me!" " Shut up!" "Blast!" " Shut up!" " Please let me go!" "No!" " What's going on?" " None of your business." "The lady isn't interested." "Get away from here!" " I'll call an ambulance." " I'm all right." "I don't think so." "You look like the girl in the radio shop window." " I'll hail a cab." " I'm expected..." "Jens Otto Krag..." " Is Miss Nørregaard in?" " She has gone." " Gone?" "Where?" " Happy New Year, Mrs Bendtsen." "Back to Jutland." "What had you expected?" "Without a job, life in Copenhagen is tough." " I can't help you." "Goodbye." " Do you have her address?" "No." "Cheeky sod, coming here like that!" " It took courage." " Don't speak up for him." " Was that your boyfriend, Ida?" " You're in bed, missy." " Was it?" " No, it was not!" "He did something that cost Ida her job." " I'll tuck you up." " I'm not a little girl." " No." " But you can if you like." " You were glad he came, right?" " Now then, Emma!" "Sleep time!" "Subtitles:" "Jonathan Sydenham"