Sofie (1992)

4.8/10 152 min Drama

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.

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

Elin Reimer

Elna Brodthagen

Kasper Barfoed

Peter Hesse Overgaard

Sanne Grangaard

Peter Schrøder

John Hahn-Petersen

Hardy Rafn

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