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.
Karen-Lise Mynster
as Sofie
Ghita Nørby
as Frederikke
Erland Josephson
as Sofie's Father
Jesper Christensen
as Hojby
Torben Zeller
as Jonas
Henning Moritzen
as Frederick Philipson
Stig Hoffmeyer
as Gottlieb
Kirsten Rolffes
as Jonas' Mother
Lotte Hermann
as Aunt Pulle
Elin Reimer
as
Elna Brodthagen
as
Kasper Barfoed
as
