Ditte, Child of Man

Ditte Menneskebarn
Front cover of the Danish DVD for
Ditte Menneskebarn
Directed byBjarne Henning-Jensen
Jon Iversen
Written byBjarne Henning-Jensen
Martin Andersen Nexø (novel)
Produced byErik Balling
StarringTove Maës
CinematographyVerner Jensen
Edited byEdla Hansen
Music byHerman D. Koppel
Poul Schierbeck
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)
Running time
104 min.
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Ditte, Child of Man (Danish: Ditte Menneskebarn) is a 1946 socio-realistic Danish drama directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen based on the novel by Martin Andersen Nexø. The film stars Tove Maës in the tragic story of an impoverished young girl who becomes the victim of harsh social conditions. The film has been noted as the first example of the more realistic and serious Danish film in the post-World War II era.[1] Ditte, Child of Man is one of the ten films listed in Denmark's cultural canon by the Danish Ministry of Culture.[2]

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  2. ^ Christian Monggaard, Ukuelig Optimist Archived December 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Kultur Kanon, Kultur Ministeriet retrieved 22-06-2010.

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