The President (1919)
1h 11m
Running Time
February 1, 1919Release Date
The President (1919)
1h 11m
Running Time
February 1, 1919Release Date
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Plot.
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)
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Cast & Crew.
Elith Pio
Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
Richard Christensen
Berger, defense layer
Carl Walther Meyer
von Sendlingen's grandfather
Christian Engelstoft
Journalist
Hallander Helleman
Franz
Halvard Hoff
Victor von Sendlingen
Fanny Petersen
Brigitta, maid to the president
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director
Karl Emil Franzos
Writer
Olga Raphael-Linden
Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter
Hans Vaagø
Cinematographer
Jon Iversen
Weiden, Victorine's fiancé
Axel Madsen
Werner, vice president
Jacoba Jessen
Maika
Peter Nielsen
Public prosecutor
Betty Kirkeby
Hermine Lippert
Media.
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Wiki.
Præsidenten (The President) is a 1919 Danish silent film by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is the first feature film directed by Dreyer and it is an adaptation of the 1884 novel Der Präsident by Karl Emil Franzos.
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