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.
as Sofie
as Frederikke
as Sofie's Father
as Hojby
as Jonas
as Frederick Philipson
as Gottlieb
as Jonas' Mother
as Aunt Pulle
