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The President
The President

The President

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Danish

Runtime

71 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

01 February 1919

Country

Denmark

Cast

Halvard Hoff

Halvard Hoff

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Elith Pio

Elith Pio

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Carl Walther Meyer

Carl Walther Meyer

von Sendlingen's grandfather

Jacoba Jessen

Jacoba Jessen

Maika

Hallander Helleman

Hallander Helleman

Franz, in service with the president

Fanny Petersen

Fanny Petersen

Brigitta, maid to the president

Olga Raphael-Linden

Olga Raphael-Linden

Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Betty Kirkeby

Betty Kirkeby

Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Axel Madsen

Axel Madsen

Werner, vice president

Richard Christensen

Richard Christensen

Georg Berger, defense attorney

Peter Nielsen

Peter Nielsen

Public prosecutor

Christian Engelstoft

Christian Engelstoft

Journalist

Jon Iversen

Jon Iversen

Weiden, later husband of Victorine

Carl Lauritzen

Carl Lauritzen

The last priest

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