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A Bastard Child
2017 0.0 (0 votes) 0h 57m
Genres
Documentary Animation History
Production Companies
Bautafilm

A Bastard Child (Horungen)

Overview

In 1909, in an undemocratic Sweden, a bastard child is born and given the name of Hervor. Her mother is unmarried, due to which she is called a "whore' and is driven from her home. Hervor grows up at shelters and orphanages, unwanted, rejected by society. As an adult she spends her life struggling for social justice. In old age she tells us her story. Director Knutte Wester brings his grandmother's memories to life thought hand-painted animated images and has us witness someone being rejected in order to unite others. A story that all too often still repeating itself.

Key Crew

Director: Knutte Wester

Writer: Knutte Wester

Producer: Therese Högberg

Top Cast

Inga Landgré
Inga Landgré

Narrator (voice)

Lo Lander Rosén

Hervor

Frida Sandberg

Ada

Viktor Lander

Valler

Magnus Nilsson Mäki

herr Debaut

Elvira Lander

fru Debaut

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