A young orphan is sent to live in a Danish village where he is cast out because his mother was a West Indian. With nowhere to turn, the ingenious survivor begins devising a new life outside of town.
Paw
Jimmy Sterman
Anders, poacher
Edvin Adolphson
Landowner
Asbjørn Andersen
Miss Bo, Paw's aunt
Karen Lykkehus
Jensen, schoolteacher
Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Hansen, officer of the law
Karl Stegger
Anne, the landowner's daughter
Ninja Tholstrup
Coxswain
Preben Neergaard
Shopkeeper
Paul Smyrner
Marius, the shopkeeper's son
Freddy Pedersen
Inger, the officer's daughter
Grethe Høholdt
Landowner's ranger
Mogens Hermansen
Orphanage superintendent
Finn Lassen
Uncle Frants, hunting guest
Svend Bille
Stationmaster
Arthur Jensen
Mrs. Hansen, the officer's wife
Ebba Amfeldt
Mrs. Jensen, the schoolteacher's wife
Rigmor Hvidtfeldt
Orphanage employee
Otto Hallstrøm
Orphanage tailor
Aksel Stevnsborg
Edith Hermansen
Man at shooting gallery
Ego Brønnum-Jacobsen