Film
Peter von Scholten
Denmark- Age rating
- 7
- Director
- Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
- Year
- 1987
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.
Top cast
Ole Ernst
Peter von Scholten
Karen-Lise Mynster
Anna von Scholten
Anna Adair
Datteren
Jesper Langberg
Frederik von Scholten
Henning Moritzen
Kong Christian VIII
Birgitte Federspiel
Dronning Caroline Amalie
Etta Cameron
Preben Kristensen
Bodil Udsen
Hans-Henrik Krause
Søren Pilmark
Dale Smith
Olaf Ussing
Preben Neergaard
Torben Jensen
Arne Hansen
Dick Kaysø
Lars Lunøe
Directed by
Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Written by
Sven Holm
Produced by
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, Nina Crone, Hedda Craner