A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that fundamentally transforms Hans Christian's life.
Based on director Lotte Svendsen's own memories of her childhood on the Baltic island of Bornholm, but though it is set in 1981 the conflicts portrayed do not seem far away. At the start of the film Lars Erik and his wife Sonja are doing well on the Baltic island of Bornholm. Lars Erik is a successful fisherman, Sonja is a traditional housewife, proud of their new house bulging with consumer goods. Their love for each other is the sturdy footing on which their home is founded. Lars Erik employs three men on his trawler, and spends as fast as he earns, so when fishing quotas are cut he faces a crisis. One by one his men leave the boat, but he refuses to give up. Being a fisherman is like being a farmer - you depend on the wealth of mother nature herself. However, mother nature is like romance, highly capricious!
Peter Steen blev født i Randers i 1936. Han blev student i 1954 og studerede medicin et par år. I 1960 blev han optaget på Det kongelige Teaters elevskole, og i 1963 blev han ansat på teatret. I 1974 blev han freelance og spillede en lang række roller bl.a. på Rialto Teatret, Folketeatret og Odense Teater. Siden slutningen af 1970'erne har han været iscenesætter af en række teaterstykker. Han har været gift fire gange, bl.a. med væversken Kim Naver og skuespilleren Lisbet Lundquist. Hans erindringer "Tak skæbne" giver et klart indblik i hans liv og karriere.
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