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Peters baby (1961)

Peters baby poster
Original title
Peter's baby
Directed by
Annelise Reenberg
Genre
comedy film, romance film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
A
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is about to get married when he learns he has a baby son in France. He travels there, takes the baby from the hospital, and tries to bring him home to Denmark.

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What happens

Peter's baby is a 1961 Danish comedy film directed by Annelise Reenberg and starring Ebbe Langberg. The film begins with Peter Bergman receiving a letter the day before his wedding, from a French hospital regarding the need for a blood test. He puts two and two together, and figures out he has a kid with a Danish girl he met in Paris. He goes to the hospital in France, and when he learns that the mother wants to put the baby up for adoption, he decides to flee the hospital with his son and tries to get him back to Denmark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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