The People of the Borderland
FRAGMENT | The Family Steffensen lives on a farm in Southern Jutland. The area has been under German rule for 60 years, when WW I suddenly breaks out. The possibility of regaining the lost land brings new hope to the border people, but the poor Steffensen's farm is threatened by compulsory sale. Secretly, the youngest son runs off to Denmark to get money, but he doesn't make it back before his parents are forced out of their home. Surprisingly, the family's farm laborer has come into money and acquires the farm. The restored film is only a fragment of the original film. The fragment consists of the film's ending, where it's exposed who the mystical farm laborer really is. (stumfilm.dk)
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FRAGMENT | The Family Steffensen lives on a farm in Southern Jutland. The area has been under German rule for 60 years, when WW I suddenly breaks out. The possibility of regaining the lost land brings new hope to the border people, but the poor Steffensen's farm is threatened by compulsory sale. Secretly, the youngest son runs off to Denmark to get money, but he doesn't make it back before his parents are forced out of their home. Surprisingly, the family's farm laborer has come into money and acquires the farm. The restored film is only a fragment of the original film. The fragment consists of the film's ending, where it's exposed who the mystical farm laborer really is. (stumfilm.dk)
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Genre:Drama, War, History
Written By:Hans Hartvig Seedorff, Laurids Skands
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Runtime:8 minutes
Studio:Fotorama
Cast
Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen
Director
Elith Reumert
Steffen Steffensen, ejer af Enggaarden
Clara Schønfeld
Ane, Steffensens hustru
Randi Michelsen
Karen, smedens datter
Svend Kornbeck
Lorens Lorensen, smed
Peter Malberg
Peter Kryk, karl på Enggaarden
Karl Jørgensen
Erik, Steffensens søn
Emil Bruun
Holger, Steffensens søn
Peter Nielsen
Kaptajn Sternmayer, amtsforstander
Grete Bendix
Hedwig, Stermayers datter
Alex Suhr
Heinrich, Sternmayers søn
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