Boy of Two Worlds

1h 40m 1970

Brief Synopsis

A boy whose father was Danish and mother Indian from the Antilles is sent to Denmark to stay with his aunt, but finds adjustment to his new surroundings difficult and escapes into his love of nature and animals of the ofrest.

Cast & Crew

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Astrid Henning-jensen

Director

Jimmy Sterman

Paw

Edvin Adolphson

Anders Nilsson

Ninja Tholstrup

Aunt Frieda

Asbjørn Andersen

Yvonne

Sacha Wamberg

Squire

Film Details

Also Known As
Paw, The Lure of the Jungle
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
Apr 1970
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Laterna Film
Distribution Company
G. G. Productions
Country
Denmark
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Paw, der Indianerjunge by Torry Gredsted (Cologne, 1931).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1

Synopsis

Paw, the orphaned son of a West Indian woman and a Danish sea captain, is sent to live with his Aunt Frieda in Copenhagen. When his aunt dies, the townspeople display their prejudice against the dark-skinned boy until Anders Nilsson, a poacher, takes him in. Nilsson eventually is caught and fined for poaching, and Paw is sent to reform school. Paw escapes and goes to live in the woods with a baby fox. Later he is wounded by a duck poacher and then taken in by a squire and his daughter Yvonne. The squire hires Nilsson to be his gamekeeper, and Paw becomes his helper.

Director

Astrid Henning-jensen

Director

Cast

Jimmy Sterman

Paw

Edvin Adolphson

Anders Nilsson

Ninja Tholstrup

Aunt Frieda

Asbjørn Andersen

Yvonne

Sacha Wamberg

Squire

Freddy Pedersen

Marius

Karl Stegger

Preben Neergaard

Karen Lykkehus

Helge Kjaerulff-schmidt

Grethe Høholdt

Poul Smyrner

Mogens Hermansen

Finn Lassen

Svend Bille

Arthur Jensen

Ebba Amfeldt

Otto Hallstrøm

Rigmor Hvidtfeldt

Ego Brønnum-jacobsen

Crew

Anker

Film Editor

Henning Bendtsen

Director of Photography

Niels Carstens

Director of Photography

Arthur Christiansen

Director of Photography

Astrid Henning-jensen

Screenwriter

Bjarne Henning-jensen

Screenwriter

Georg Jensen

Sound

Herman D. Koppel

Music

Mogens Skot-hansen

Prod Supervisor

Peter Willemoes

Sound

Film Details

Also Known As
Paw, The Lure of the Jungle
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
Apr 1970
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Laterna Film
Distribution Company
G. G. Productions
Country
Denmark
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Paw, der Indianerjunge by Torry Gredsted (Cologne, 1931).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1

Award Nominations

Best Foreign Language Film

1959

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Released in Denmark in December 1959 as Paw; running time: 100 min. Also known as The Lure of the Jungle.

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the Catholic Film Office Award at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.

Released in United States Spring April 1970

Released in United States Spring April 1970

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