Poul Erik Møller Pedersen

At home in the small family is nothing new. Tiny Per is the school's mischief maker, Sister has heartaches, Mie and Ole has to be in the school play, etc. But suddenly something happens. Good old Uncle Anders has a twin brother in the United States. He called Sofus, and now he comes home to celebrate 70th birthday. He was a troublemaker when he left and now he has become even worse

Lilleper is starting school, and on the last day of summer vacation, his father invites the whole family to a party at Tivoli. But then everything goes wrong. Per doesn't like school. Søs falls out with Peter, Mie is accused of theft, and his father is fired from his job and talks about selling the house. Everyone is looking forward to a sad Christmas, but maybe Lilleper will still go to the "Christmas Ball in Nisseland."

Swedish lieutenant Sixten Sparre had long admired the tightrope walker Elvira Madigan, and one summer day in 1889, they eloped to Denmark. He left his wife, two children, and a brilliant military career, while she left her parents and the cramped, dreary conditions of Circus Madigan. At Taasinge, the couple experiences summer, people, flowers, warmth, light, colors—and great love. But their happiness is short-lived...