A large city is in a state of panic, in workplaces and in homes people are discussing the terrible fate that has befallen a little girl named Birte. A sex offender has been at play, he has been haunting the city's parks and facilities for a long time, and his latest victim is Birte Elkær, daughter of the scientist Hans Elkær and his wife Martha. The police have deployed extra personnel, and they are now searching for the second day. Will the little girl be found alive?
Direction
Dual directors create claustrophobic domestic dread.
Acting
Poul Reumert's desperate father anchors every scene.
Director
Alice O'Fredericks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Affæren Birte emerged from Denmark's liberation year, when national anxieties about vulnerability and protection permeated popular culture.
Alice O'Fredericks became Denmark's most prolific female director, but this rare collaboration with Lau Lauritzen Jr. remains one of her darkest works.
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