The President

The President

71 mins | Drama | Feb. 1, 1919

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.

The President

71 mins | Drama | Feb. 1, 1919

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 in life – a promise that proves to have fatal consequences.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Nordisk Film, Nordisk Films Kompagni
Original title Præsidenten
Directors Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers Karl Emil Franzos, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast

Halvard Hoff

as Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president

Elith Pio

as Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father

Carl Walther Meyer

as von Sendlingen's grandfather

Jacoba Jessen

as Maika

Hallander Helleman

as Franz, in service with the president

Fanny Petersen

as Brigitta, maid to the president

Olga Raphael-Linden

as Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter

Betty Kirkeby

as Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother

Axel Madsen

as Werner, vice president

Richard Christensen

as Georg Berger, defense attorney

Peter Nielsen

as Public prosecutor

Christian Engelstoft

as Journalist

Jon Iversen

as Weiden, later husband of Victorine

Carl Lauritzen

as The last priest