Empire

Empire — Plot

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.

• Release date
• April 20, 2023
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Drama, Comedy, History
• Director
• Frederikke Aspöck

Empire — Cast

Anna Neye Poulsen Anna Sara Fanta Traore Petrine Claus Riis Østergaard Peter Von Scholten Jesper Groth Admiral Irminger

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Tyler Errol Murray Frederik Caroline Henderson Gudrun

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James L. Sampson Tom Søs Sif Thiele Mrs. Nielsen