Empire

Overview

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.

Directed by Frederikke Aspöck

Top cast

Anna Neye Poulsen

Anna

Sara Fanta Traore

Petrine

Claus Riis Østergaard

Peter Von Scholten

Jesper Groth

Admiral Irminger

T

Tyler Errol Murray

Frederik

Caroline Henderson

Gudrun

J

James L. Sampson

Tom

Søs Sif Thiele

Mrs. Nielsen

Jesper Asholt

Mr. Nielsen

Anders Brink Madsen

Mr. Hagensen

Chérie Celeste Malone

Ester

Prince Yaw Appiah

Sorte Svend

Christopher Læssø

Butler

Peter Gantzler

The King

Karen Mukupa

Sif

Mikkel Hilgart

Auctioneer

Søren Sætter-Lassen

Narrator

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