“ Palle Alone in the World ” ( Dat. Palle alene i Verden ) is a 1949 Danish black and white short film made by Astrid Henning-Jensen based on the children's book of the same name by Jens Siegsgård. Awarded the prize at the 1949 Cannes Film Festival . The premiere in Great Britain took place on May 20, 1949, in Denmark - on February 1, 1954 [1] .
| Palle alone in the world | |
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| Palle alene i verden | |
 Danish movie poster | |
| Genre | A film for children |
| Producer | Astrid Henning-Jensen |
| Author script | Astrid Henning-Jensen |
| In the main cast | Lars Henning-Jensen |
| Operator | Annelisa Rinberg |
| Composer | Herman D. Koppel |
| Duration | 25 minutes |
| A country |  Denmark |
| Tongue | Danish |
| Year | 1949 |
| IMDb | ID 0124042 |
In 2006, the film was included in the Danish cultural canon .
For Astrid Henning-Jensen, the film debuted as a solo work, as she shot previous films with her husband, cinematographer Bjarne Henning-Jensen . At the same time, Bjarne also took part in Palle Alone in the World as an editor. The main role of the boy Palle was played by their son Lars [2] , who at that time was six years old [3] .
Content
Story
Little boy Palle wakes up in Copenhagen in his apartment and discovers that he is left completely alone. Neither at home nor on the street. In the restaurant, Palle tries to cook his own food, but he does not succeed. However, in the pastry shop, he can take whatever he wants. Palle gets on the tram and starts it, driving around the city, until it collides with another car.
The bank is open, Palle sees a lot of money there. He picks up a bag of coins, but then throws them away, because there is no point in them, since there are no people around. Palle examines toys in a toy store and takes the ball. However, he has no one to play with: even a meeting with the monument to the footballer in Fledpark does not bring relief, because he cannot really hit the ball. Then Palle enters the fire department and drives a fire truck around the city.
At the airport, Palle climbs into a plane, and now he flies above the clouds. The plane rises upward and crashes into the moon. Palle, having opened his umbrella, flies down and lands right in his room, finding himself in the middle of the night under a blanket on the floor near the crib. He calls mom and she comes, reassuring the boy. She notices her broken umbrella and asks what Palle did to him. Then she puts her son in and leaves. On the floor of the children's room are visible toys in which Palle played before bedtime: a tram, a fire engine, an airplane, a ball, etc.
Cast
- Lars Henning-Jensen - Palle
- Lily Broberg - mother of Palle
Criticism
One of the authors of The Cinema of Childhood project, Neil McGlone, in an article about the film, called “Palle Alone in the World” by the Danish predecessor of the famous painting “ Home Alone ”, noting that the film also contains a small homage to the classic painting “ Journey to the Moon” " Georges Méliès [4] .
Rewards
- 1949 Cannes Film Festival - Prix pour le sujet (main prize in the short films section) [5]