

You Are Not Alone
1978-02-23 · 93 min · ★ 7.4
Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soulmate in the headmaster's son Kim with whom he forms a bond of friendship... that slowly grows into something more.
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- Directors
- Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
- Production companies
- Steen Herdel Filmproduktion, Award Films International
- Countries
- Denmark
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Anders AgensøBo
Peter BjergKim
Jørn FaurschouLærervikar Andersen
Ove SprogøeKim's Father / Superintendent
Elin ReimerKim's Mother
John Hahn-PetersenTeacher Justesen
Hugo HerrestrupConradsen
Beatrice PalnerMrs. Jensen
Aske JacobyAske
Ole MeyerOle
Janek Lesniak
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