The President (1919)
Præsidenten
A judge sees his illegitimate daughter face trial for infanticide. He's certain that she will receive the death sentence.
- Date of release
- 1919-02-01
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (31)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
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.
Production and distribution
The film was produced by Nordisk Film, and was shot during the summer of 1918 on the Gotland island in Sweden. It premièred in Sweden on 1 February 1919 and was released in Denmark on 9 February 1920.
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