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.

Jimmy Sterman
as Paw

Edvin Adolphson
as Anders, poacher

Asbjørn Andersen
as Landowner

Karen Lykkehus
as Miss Bo, Paw's aunt

Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
as Jensen, schoolteacher

Karl Stegger
as Hansen, officer of the law

Ninja Tholstrup
as Anne, the landowner's daughter

Preben Neergaard
as Coxswain

Paul Smyrner
as Shopkeeper

Freddy Pedersen
as Marius, the shopkeeper's son