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The President
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The President

Feb 1, 1919
1h 11m
★ 5.8

Overview

By his father’s deathbed, a young man agrees to never marry below his station. Later, he falls in love with a lowly governess, impregnates her, and does not marry her. Many years later, as the President of the court of his town, he finds himself having to rule on his illegitimate daughter’s case of infanticide.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

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Cast

Halvard Hoff

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Halvard Hoff

Elith Pio

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Elith Pio

Carl Walther Meyer

von Sendlingen's grandfather

Carl Walther Meyer

Jacoba Jessen

Maika

Jacoba Jessen

Hallander Helleman

Franz, in service with the president

Hallander Helleman

Fanny Petersen

Brigitta, maid to the president

Fanny Petersen

Olga Raphael-Linden

Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Olga Raphael-Linden

Betty Kirkeby

Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Betty Kirkeby

Axel Madsen

Werner, vice president

Axel Madsen

Richard Christensen

Georg Berger, defense attorney

Richard Christensen

Peter Nielsen

Public prosecutor

Peter Nielsen

Christian Engelstoft

Journalist

Christian Engelstoft

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