The President

Synopsis

By his father’s deathbed, the young Karl Victor von Sendlingen swears that he will never make the same mistake his father made in his youth: to marry a girl beneath his own station. The promise proves to have fatal consequences when Karl Victor falls in love with a young governess, whom he impregnates but refuses to marry as this would break his oath to his father. Many years later, he is a highly respected president of the court about to deal out judgment to a young woman who has killed her new-born child. The young woman turns out to be his own illegitimate daughter, and Karl Victor is suddenly faced with the choice of doing his professional duty or making amends for his past misdeeds. (Stumfilm.dk)

Main Cast

Halvard Hoff

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Age : 41 | Popularity : 5%

Elith Pio

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Age : 95 | Popularity : 5%

Carl Walther Meyer

von Sendlingen's grandfather

Age : 50 | Popularity : 3%

Jacoba Jessen

Maika

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Hallander Helleman

Franz, in service with the president

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Fanny Petersen

Brigitta, maid to the president

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Olga Raphael-Linden

Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Betty Kirkeby

Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Carl Theodor Dreyer
	Novel	Karl Emil Franzos
Directing	Director	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Art	Art Direction	Carl Theodor Dreyer
	Production Design	Jens G. Lind
Camera	Director of Photography	Hans Vaagø
Department	Role	Name

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