Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
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Hanne Aagesen | ... | Karen (uncredited) |
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Kirsten Andreasen | ... | (uncredited) |
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Sylvia Eckhausen | ... | Kirstin Petersen (uncredited) |
| Birgitte Federspiel | ... | Inger Borgen (uncredited) | |
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Ejner Federspiel | ... | Peter Petersen (uncredited) |
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Ann Elisabeth Groth | ... | Maren Borgen (uncredited) |
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Emil Hass Christensen | ... | Mikkel Borgen (uncredited) |
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Cay Kristiansen | ... | Anders Borgen (uncredited) |
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Preben Lerdorff Rye | ... | Johannes Borgen (uncredited) |
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Henrik Malberg | ... | Morten Borgen (uncredited) |
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Gerda Nielsen | ... | Anne Petersen (uncredited) |
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Ove Rud | ... | Pastor (uncredited) |
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Susanne Rud | ... | Lilleinger Borgen (uncredited) |
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Henry Skjær | ... | The Doctor (uncredited) |
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Edith Trane | ... | Mette Maren (uncredited) |
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How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Widowed Patriarch Borgen, who's rather prominent in his community, has three sons: Mikkel, a good-hearted agnostic whose wife Inger is pregnant, Johannes, who believes he is Jesus, and Anders, young, slight, in love with the tailor's daughter. The fundamentalist sect of the girl's father is anathema to Borgen's traditional Lutheranism; he opposes the marriage until the tailor forbids it, then Borgen's pride demands that it happen. Unexpectedly, Inger, who is the family's sweetness and light, has problems with her pregnancy. The rational doctor arrives, and a long night brings sharp focus to at least four views of faith. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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First, I must say I don't write in English very well. I study English, a little bit, in the school. I speak and write usually in Spanish and Basque. Well, I think this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. Johannes is a magnificent character and two scenes with Johannes and his nephew, talking about nephew's mother... are great. The story is about life, dead, love, faith and a lot of "people's problems" At the end, is a story about the meaning of life. I like movies. Love stories, westerns, "film noir", adventures films... but occasionally you can see a movie like this that makes you love this art too much. You're not seeing a film, you're living the film. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.