At the end of the 19th century, in a small Northern European country. Jury president Karl Victor is confronted with the case of a young woman who has secretly killed her newborn child. She is sentenced to death, but Karl soon realises that it is actually his daughter. This is a drama with psychological overtones, thanks in part to Dreyer’s talent for combining elements of the judge’s past with the present story by means of flashbacks, a technique that had a strong narrative impact and was almost revolutionary for its time.
actors: Richard Christensen – Berger, Christian Engelstoft – journalist, Hallander Helleman – Franz, Halvard Hoff – Victor von Sendlingen, Jon Iversen – Weiden, Jacoba Jessen – Maika, Betty Kirkeny – Hermine Lippert, Axel Madsen – Werner, Olga Raphael- Linden – Victorine Lippert
script: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Karl Emil Franzos
photography: Hans Vaagø
scenography: Carl Theodor Dreyer
other titles: IL PRESIDENTE, LE PRÉSIDENT
color: Bianco & Nero
production company: NORDISK FILM
script: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Karl Emil Franzos
photography: Hans Vaagø
scenography: Carl Theodor Dreyer
other titles: IL PRESIDENTE, LE PRÉSIDENT
color: Bianco & Nero
production company: NORDISK FILM