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.

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Cast

Ole Ernst

Peter von Scholten

Karen-Lise Mynster

Anna von Scholten

Jesper Langberg

Frederik von Scholten

Henning Moritzen

Kong Christian VIII

Birgitte Federspiel

Dronning Caroline Amalie

Etta Cameron

Preben Kristensen

Bodil Udsen

Hans-Henrik Krause

Søren Pilmark

Olaf Ussing

Preben Neergaard