Just a Girl

Just a Girl

1995 · 170 min · ★ 5.0 · Drama

PUK SCHARBAU plays Lise Nørgaard in the epic film adaptation of her fascinating life story. In a chronicle of both love and war, masterfully directed by Peter Schroeder, we follow the woman who would later give us 'Matador', from her early childhood to her controversial career as a journalist with a Denmark of yesterday, and a Europe in flames as convincing backdrop.

Directed by Peter Schrøder · Written by Peter Bay

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