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.
Director:
Writer:
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
Bodil Lassen
Guido Paevatalu
Henning Jensen
Søren Rode
Birgit Conradi
Gyrd Løfquist
Leonard Malone
John Larsen
Helge Scheuer
Lillian Tillegreen
Raymond Adjavon
Ebbe Trenskow
Fritze Hedemann
Torben Jetsmark
Edwin Donoghue
Hans Christian Ægidius
