The President (1919)
1h 11m
Running Time
February 1, 1919Release Date
The President (1919)
1h 11m
Running Time
February 1, 1919Release Date
Network & Production Companies

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.

Halvard Hoff
Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Elith Pio
Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Carl Walther Meyer
von Sendlingen's grandfather

Jacoba Jessen
Maika

Hallander Helleman
Franz, in service with the president

Fanny Petersen
Brigitta, maid to the president

Olga Raphael-Linden
Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Betty Kirkeby
Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Axel Madsen
Werner, vice president

Richard Christensen
Georg Berger, defense attorney

Peter Nielsen
Public prosecutor

Christian Engelstoft
Journalist

Jon Iversen
Weiden, later husband of Victorine

Carl Lauritzen
The last priest

Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director / Screenplay / Art Direction

Jens G. Lind
Production Design

Karl Emil Franzos
Novel

Hans Vaagø
Director of Photography
Media.

Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1919
Original NamePræsidenten
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 11m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
courtroom
illegitimate child
infanticide
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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