Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter Sofie's progress through life: a love affair with a gentile painter, an arranged marriage , childbirth and ever more fateful challenges.
Top Cast
Karen-Lise Mynster as Sofie
Ghita Nørby as Frederikke
Erland Josephson as Sofie's Father
Jesper Christensen as Hojby
Torben Zeller as Jonas
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