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.
Directing | Bille August | Director |
Production | Christel C.D. Karlsen | Line Producer |
Editing | Janus Billeskov Jansen | Editor |
Production | Karin Trolle | Producer |
Production | Lena Haugaard | Executive Producer |
Production | Heinrich Ambrosch | Executive Producer |
Production | Christian Rank | Executive Producer |
Production | Thomas Heinesen | Producer |
Production | Henrik Zein | Executive Producer |
Editing | Anne Østerud | Editor |
Production | Katrine Vogelsang | Executive Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Dennis Knudsen | Key Makeup Artist |
Production | Anja Philip | Casting |
Camera | Dirk Brüel | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Manon Rasmussen | Costume Design |
Sound | Lorenz Dangel | Original Music Composer |
Writing | Henrik Pontoppidan | Novel |
Sound | Kim Dalum | Sound Designer |
Crew | Mette Høst Hansen | Post Production Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Tina Norup Helmark | Key Makeup Artist |
Writing | Bille August | Screenplay |
Writing | Anders Frithiof August | Screenplay |
Art | Jette Lehmann | Production Design |
Sound | Niels Arild Nielsen | Sound Designer |
Visual Effects | Martin Madsen | VFX Supervisor |
Directing | Peter Hingebjerg | First Assistant Director |