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The President (1919)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 11M

Director : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer : Carl Theodor Dreyer

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 in life – a promise that proves to have fatal consequences.

Actors

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

Crews

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director
Karl Emil Franzos
Karl Emil Franzos
Novel
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay
Hans Vaagø
Hans Vaagø
Director of Photography
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Art Direction
Jens G. Lind
Jens G. Lind
Production Design

Posters and backgrounds

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