The President (1919)

The President (1919)

1919-02-01 Denmark 71 Min. PG-13
5.8 25 votes

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.

Cast

Halvard Hoff is Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president
Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president
Elith Pio is Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
Carl Walther Meyer is von Sendlingen's grandfather
von Sendlingen's grandfather
Hallander Helleman is Franz, in service with the president
Franz, in service with the president
Fanny Petersen is Brigitta, maid to the president
Brigitta, maid to the president
Olga Raphael-Linden is Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter
Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter
Betty Kirkeby is Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother
Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother
Axel Madsen is Werner, vice president
Werner, vice president
Richard Christensen is Georg Berger, defense attorney
Georg Berger, defense attorney
Peter Nielsen is Public prosecutor
Public prosecutor