First published at 21:27 UTC on April 22nd, 2018.
With subtitles.
The judge in a Danish town sees his illegitimate daughter facing a trial for the murder of her newborn child, and is rather sure that she will be sentenced to death. She became pregnant from an aristocrat who didn't want to mar…
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With subtitles.
The judge in a Danish town sees his illegitimate daughter facing a trial for the murder of her newborn child, and is rather sure that she will be sentenced to death. She became pregnant from an aristocrat who didn't want to marry her. The same fate happened to her mother, although he wasn't allowed to marry because of a vow he had given to his father who had to marry under rank after the girl got pregnant. As expected the sentence for his daughter is death, he asks for a pardon, but this isn't granted although he is promoted. So he decides to free her and get her out of the country at all costs.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Karl Emil Franzos (novel)
Stars: Richard Christensen, Christian Engelstoft, Hallander Helleman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010598/
Public domain.
Wikipedia: Præsidenten (The President) is a 1919 Danish silent film by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is the first feature film directed by Dreyer and it is an adaptation of the 1884 novel Der Präsident by Karl Emil Franzos.[1]
Production and distribution
The film was produced by Nordisk Film, and was shot during the summer of 1918 on the Gotland island in Sweden. It premièred in Sweden on 1 February 1919 and was released in Denmark on 9 February 1920.
Cast
Carl Meyer as Rigsherre von Sendlingen
Elith Pio as Franz Victor von Sendlingen
Halvard Hoff as Karl Victor von Sendlingen
Jacoba Jessen as Maika
Axel Madsen as Vice-President Werner
Richard Christensen as Georg Berger
Olga Raphael Linden as Victorine Lippert
Betty Kirkeby as Hermine Lippert
Hallander Hellemann as Franz
Fanny Petersen as Birgitta
Plot
The film tells a story of women seduced and abandoned over four generations. It follows three periods in the life of Karl Victor von Sendlingen, a Danish aristocrat living in a small city at the turn of the 20th century. The chronological narrative is interrupted by flashbacks recalling past events.
The film starts on the last day in the life of..
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