Empire 2023

As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.

Cast

Anna Neye Poulsen

Sara Fanta Traore

Claus Riis Østergaard

Jesper Groth

Jesper Asholt

Søs Sif Thiele

Anders Brink Madsen

Prince Yaw Appiah

Peter Gantzler

Christopher Læssø

Søren Sætter-Lassen