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Peter von Scholten (1987)

Peter von Scholten (1987)

Drama History
Release Date: 1987, February 27
Directors: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
Countries: Denmark
Production: Metronome Productions, Metronome Productions, Crone Film Produktion A/S, Crone Film Produktion A/S
Cast: Henning Moritzen, Ole Ernst, Karen-Lise Mynster, Anna Adair, Jesper Langberg, Birgitte Federspiel

Overview:

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.