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Peter von Scholten (1987)
Directed by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Overview
He freed the slaves in 1848. He spoke out against the king and the government. He loved his wives equally. He was colorful, he was autocratic, he was Denmark’s last governor-general of the West Indies, his name was Peter von Scholten. The film about him is a magnificent story of greatness, power, and stubbornness on the one hand, and of love, loyalty, and melancholy on the other. It is a colorful gallery of characters that depicts the times, the Dane in a foreign land—and the black man in relief to the white.
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Ole Ernst | Karen-Lise Mynster | Anna Adair | Jesper Langberg | Henning Moritzen | Birgitte Federspiel | Etta Cameron | Preben Kristensen | Bodil Udsen | Hans-Henrik Krause | Søren Pilmark | Dale Smith | Olaf Ussing | Preben Neergaard | Torben Jensen | Arne Hansen | Dick Kaysø | Lars Lunøe | Bodil Lassen | Guido Paevatalu | Henning Jensen | Søren Rode | Birgit Conradi | Gyrd Løfquist | Leonard Malone | John Larsen | Helge Scheuer | Lillian Tillegreen | Raymond Adjavon | Ebbe Trenskow | Fritze Hedemann | Torben Jetsmark | Edwin Donoghue | Hans Christian Ægidius