In 1967, two brothers from Copenhagen, Denmark, wind up in an orphanage, where the headmaster's cruel tyranny slowly provokes the kids to push back.
Created By: Søren Sveistrup
After their mother falls gravely ill, unruly brothers Elmer and Erik are sent to a rural boys home, where Headmaster Heck rules with an iron fist.
Kindly teacher Miss Hammershøi befriends and encourages Elmer, making him her mailroom assistant, but as Christmas nears, he suffers more abuse.
Inspectors visit Gudbjerg unannounced, but the boys can say little. Erik reels when Heck informs him he and Elmer will not be released soon, as hoped.
Lars Mikkelsen
Forstander Frederik Heck
Sofie Gråbøl
Lærer Lilian
Harald Kaiser Hermann
Elmer
Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
Erik
Laurids Skovgaard Andersen
Tøger
Lars Ranthe
Overlærer Toft Lassen
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Lærer Aksel
David Dencik
Inspektør Hartmann
Sonja Richter
Moren
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Fru Oskarson
Martin Hempel Barkholt
Blond Bølle
Oskar Kirk Damsgaard
Topper
Paw Henriksen
Onkel
Frede Frimand
Tredje Bølle
Kristoffer Johan Fogh Holmkjær
Anden Bølle