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The President

The President

Feb 01, 1919 1h 11m
5.8
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Synopsis

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. The promise proves to have fatal consequences when Karl Victor falls in love with a young governess, whom he impregnates but refuses to marry as this would break his oath to his father. Many years later, he is a highly respected president of the court about to deal out judgment to a young woman who has killed her new-born child. The young woman turns out to be his own illegitimate daughter, and Karl Victor is suddenly faced with the choice of doing his professional duty or making amends for his past misdeeds. (Stumfilm.dk)

Title The President
Companies Nordisk Film Denmark
Countries Denmark
Keywords courtroom, illegitimate child, infanticide
Halvard Hoff

Halvard Hoff

Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president
Elith Pio

Elith Pio

Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
Carl Walther Meyer

Carl Walther Meyer

von Sendlingen's grandfather
Hallander Helleman

Hallander Helleman

Franz, in service with the president
Fanny Petersen

Fanny Petersen

Brigitta, maid to the president
Olga Raphael-Linden

Olga Raphael-Linden

Victorine Lippert, Karl's daughter
Betty Kirkeby

Betty Kirkeby

Hermine Lippert, Victorine's mother
Axel Madsen

Axel Madsen

Werner, vice president
Richard Christensen

Richard Christensen

Georg Berger, defense attorney
Peter Nielsen

Peter Nielsen

Public prosecutor
Jon Iversen

Jon Iversen

Weiden, later husband of Victorine
Carl Lauritzen

Carl Lauritzen

The last priest