The President

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
1919    71mDrama
6.629%
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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Cast of The President

  • Halvard HoffKarl Victor von Sendlingen, court president
  • Elith PioFranz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
  • Carl Walther Meyervon Sendlingen's grandfather
  • Jacoba JessenMaika
  • Hallander HellemanFranz, in service with the president
  • Fanny PetersenBrigitta, maid to the president
  • Olga Raphael-LindenVictorine Lippert, Karl's daughter
  • Betty KirkebyHermine Lippert, Victorine's mother
  • Axel MadsenWerner, vice president
  • Richard ChristensenGeorg Berger, defense attorney
  • Peter NielsenPublic prosecutor
  • Christian EngelstoftJournalist
  • Jon IversenWeiden, later husband of Victorine
  • Carl LauritzenThe last priest
  • Carl Theodor DreyerDirector / Writer
  • Karl Emil FranzosWriter

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