, 1h15 Directed byCarl Theodor Dreyer OriginDanemark GenresDrama ActorsHalvard Hoff, Elith Pio, Jon Iversen, Carl Lauritzen Roles Karl Victor von Sendlingen, court president Rating65% The film tells a story of women seduced and abandoned over four generations. It follows three periods in the life of Karl Victor von Sendlingen, a Danish aristocrat living in a small city at the turn of the 20th century. The chronological narrative is interrupted by flashbacks recalling past events.