On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail towards Copenhagen to become an engineer. Parallel to his studies, he works on a visionary energy project based on wind and wave energy, a project so much ahead of its time, that professors consider him insane and far too self-confident. However, Per’s project becomes a success and he marries the beautiful Jakobe who is a part of a wealthy Jewish family. One would imagine that Per’s happiness now is made. But Per’s childhood keeps haunting him and his dogmatic family cannot accept his new life. Despite his luck and success, Per is unable to fully cut the strings to his strict religious background, and he now fears that he will repeat his father’s patriarchist behavior.
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Directing | Bille August | Director |
Editing | Anne Østerud | Editor |
Editing | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Editor |
Production | Henrik Zein | Executive Producer |
Production | Karin Trolle | Producer |
Production | Thomas Heinesen | Producer |
Production | Heinrich Ambrosch | Executive Producer |
Production | Lena Haugaard | Executive Producer |
Production | Christel C.D. Karlsen | Line Producer |
Production | Christian Rank | Executive Producer |
Production | Katrine Vogelsang | Executive Producer |
Writing | Henrik Pontoppidan | Novel |
Writing | Bille August | Screenplay |
Costume & Make-Up | Tina Norup Helmark | Key Makeup Artist |
Visual Effects | Martin Madsen | VFX Supervisor |
Art | Jette Lehmann | Production Design |
Production | Anja Philip | Casting |
Costume & Make-Up | Dennis Knudsen | Key Makeup Artist |
Crew | Mette Høst Hansen | Post Production Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Manon Rasmussen | Costume Design |
Sound | Kim Dalum | Sound Designer |
Sound | Lorenz Dangel | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Anders Frithiof August | Screenplay |
Sound | Niels Arild Nielsen | Sound Designer |
Camera | Dirk Brüel | Director of Photography |
Directing | Peter Hingebjerg | First Assistant Director |