The President

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)

Country:

Denmark

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

71 minutes

Year:

1919

Director:

Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Company:

Nordisk Film Denmark

Cast:

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

von Sendlingen's grandfather

Maika

Franz, in service with the president

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Novel

Art Direction