Empire
Apr 20 2023
•2h 33m
•Drama, Comedy
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.
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Anna Neye Poulsen
Anna
Sara Fanta Traore
Petrine
Claus Riis Østergaard
Peter Von Scholten
Jesper Groth
Admiral Irminger
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