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Dance of the Polar Bears
Dance of the Polar Bears

Dance of the Polar Bears

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At age 12, Lasse is a tough guy and a bright one. His life is changed when his mother, pregnant at the time, abandons his beloved father. She takes Lasse with her to live with her new paramour, a dentist as authoritarian as Lasse's Elvis Presley-fan butcher dad was easy-going. The dentist has a daughter, too, and she is a jealous schemer. Lasse tries hard to conform, but can a tiger change its stripes?

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

05 February 1990

Country

Denmark

Cast

Anders Schoubye

Anders Schoubye

Lasse

Tommy Kenter

Tommy Kenter

Lasses far

Birthe Neumann

Birthe Neumann

Lasses mor

Paul Hüttel

Paul Hüttel

Hilding, Lasses stedfar

Laura Drasbæk

Laura Drasbæk

Lollo, Hildings datter

Hakim Bellman Jacobsen

Hakim Bellman Jacobsen

Gubbi

Kristine Horn

Kristine Horn

Tina

Stig Hoffmeyer

Stig Hoffmeyer

Lærer

Vibeke Hastrup

Vibeke Hastrup

Mother of Tina

Christian Potalivo

Christian Potalivo

Schoolboy

Dominik Czamacki

Dominik Czamacki

Skoleelev

Henrik Larsen

Henrik Larsen

Skoleinspektør

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