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.
Cast
Ole Ernst
Peter von Scholten
Karen-Lise Mynster
Anna von Scholten
Anna Adair
Datteren
Jesper Langberg
Frederik von Scholten
Henning Moritzen
Kong Christian VIII
Birgitte Federspiel
Dronning Caroline Amalie
Etta Cameron
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Preben Kristensen
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Bodil Udsen
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Hans-Henrik Krause
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Søren Pilmark
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Dale Smith
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Olaf Ussing
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Preben Neergaard
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Torben Jensen
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Arne Hansen
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Dick Kaysø
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Lars Lunøe
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Bodil Lassen
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Henning Jensen
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Søren Rode
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Birgit Conradi
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Gyrd Løfquist
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Leonard Malone
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John Larsen
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Helge Scheuer
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Lillian Tillegreen
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Raymond Adjavon
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Ebbe Trenskow
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Fritze Hedemann
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Torben Jetsmark
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Edwin Donoghue
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Hans Christian Ægidius
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Guido Paevatalu
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Crew
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