The pact = Pagten

Author

Bille August

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

In Danish, with English subtitles.

Performers

Birthe Neumann, Simon Bennebjerg, Nanna Skaarup Voss, Asta Kamma August, Anders Heinrichsen, Marie Mondrup.

Publication Information

[Princeton, NJ] : Juno Films, [2022]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

It's 1948 and 63-year-old "Out of Africa" author Karen Blixen (pen name: Isak Dinesen) is a lonely literary sensation--until she meets talented 30-year-old poet Thorkild Bjornvig. She promises him stardom if he will obey her unconditionally.

Notes

Based on Thorkild Bjørnvig's book The pact and excerpts of Niels Barfoed's book Benedicte.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.