Peter von Scholten

6.3 (4 votes)• 1987• 113m•Released

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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.

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Languages: Danish

Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt

Starring Cast: Ole Ernst, Karen-Lise Mynster, Anna Adair, Jesper Langberg, Henning Moritzen, Birgitte Federspiel

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