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The President (1919) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1919 · 71 mins
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- Directed by
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Starring
- Elith Pio, Richard Christensen, Carl Lauritzen, Jon Iversen, Jacoba Jessen, Peter Nielsen
On his father’s deathbed, a young man swears never to marry beneath his social rank. He later falls for a modest governess, impregnates her, and refuses to wed her. Years later, now President of his town’s court, he must adjudicate a case of infanticide involving his own illegitimate daughter.
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