About this season
In 1967, two brothers from Copenhagen, Denmark, wind up in an orphanage, where the headmaster's cruel tyranny slowly provokes the kids to push back.
Episodes (3)
E1
1. Episode 1
9.0Aired 5 March 2017 • 43 min
After their mother falls gravely ill, unruly brothers Elmer and Erik are sent to a rural boys home, where Headmaster Heck rules with an iron fist.
E2
2. Episode 2
Aired 12 March 2017 • 46 min
Kindly teacher Miss Hammershøi befriends and encourages Elmer, making him her mailroom assistant, but as Christmas nears, he suffers more abuse.
E3
3. Episode 3
Aired 19 March 2017 • 43 min
Inspectors visit Gudbjerg unannounced, but the boys can say little. Erik reels when Heck informs him he and Elmer will not be released soon, as hoped.