Sofie

Overview

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.

Directed by Liv Ullmann

Top cast

Karen-Lise Mynster

Sofie

Ghita Nørby

Frederikke

Erland Josephson

Sofie's Father

Jesper Christensen

Hojby

Torben Zeller

Jonas

Henning Moritzen

Frederick Philipson

Stig Hoffmeyer

Gottlieb

Kirsten Rolffes

Jonas' Mother

L

Lotte Hermann

Aunt Pulle

Elin Reimer

Elna Brodthagen

Kasper Barfoed

J

Jacob Allon

D

David Naym

J

Jonas Oddermose

Peter Hesse Overgaard

Sanne Grangaard

Peter Schrøder

John Hahn-Petersen

Hardy Rafn

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