Film
Empire
Denmark · Spain · Sweden- Age rating
- 11
- Director
- Frederikke Aspöck
- Year
- 2023
As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.
Top cast
Anna Neye Poulsen
Anna
Sara Fanta Traore
Petrine
Claus Riis Østergaard
Peter Von Scholten
Jesper Groth
Admiral Irminger
Tyler Errol Murray
Frederik
Caroline Henderson
Gudrun
James L. Sampson
Tom
Søs Sif Thiele
Mrs. Nielsen
Jesper Asholt
Mr. Nielsen
Anders Brink Madsen
Mr. Hagensen
Chérie Celeste Malone
Ester
Prince Yaw Appiah
Sorte Svend
Christopher Læssø
Butler
Peter Gantzler
The King
Karen Mukupa
Sif
Mikkel Hilgart
Auctioneer
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Narrator
Directed by
Frederikke Aspöck
Written by
Anna Neye Poulsen
Produced by
Nina Leidersdorff, Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen