The President (1919)
By his father’s deathbed, a young man agrees to never marry below his station. Later, he falls in love with a lowly governess, impregnates her, and does not marry her. Many years later, as the President of the court of his town, he finds himself having to rule on his illegitimate daughter’s case of infanticide.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writing:
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Karl Emil Franzos
Stars:
Release Date: 1919-02-01
5.8/10
5.8/10
- Country: DK
- Language: No Language
- Runtime: 71
Franz Victor von Sendlingen, Karl's father
Weiden, later husband of Victorine
Georg Berger, defense attorney
Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president
Maika
The last priest
von Sendlingen's grandfather
