When a young woman falls in love with a gown in a shop window it leads to adventure and romance exceeding even her own vivid imagination.
Costume
That gown is practically a character—gorgeous window-shopping wish fulfillment.
Acting
Helle Virkner carries every delusional daydream with irresistible sparkle.
Director
Erik Balling
Helle Virkner
Eva Møller
Henning Moritzen
Jakob
Angelo Bruun
Monsieur Marcel
Nina Pens Rode
Elizabeth
Gunnar Lauring
Elizabeth's Husband
Lis Løwert
Joan Møller
Ove Sprogøe
Max Møller
Poul Reichhardt
The Actor
Inger Lassen
Jokum
Lily Broberg
Susan
Gerda Madsen
Mrs. Knudsen (uncredited)
Birgitte Federspiel
Dora
Vera Gebuhr
Ida
Jessie Rindom
Constance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Balling made this during Denmark's 'Golden Age' of cinema, directly channeling 1930s Hollywood screwball energy into postwar Nordic culture.
Erik Balling later created the iconic Olsen Gang series—this early work shows his lifelong obsession with lovable dreamers chasing impossible schemes.
DK
