Kongen Bød

Kongen Bød

1938 · ★ 6.0 · Drama

We are in a Zealand village in the years before the reading of the staves. Jacob, the son of alderman Jeppe, goes from farm to farm and blows for the town meeting. Today the farmers are to meet to discuss when to start the rye harvest. The young farmer, who is eager to get started, does not have much confidence that they will be able to agree. When he gets home, he asks his father why they cannot harvest right away. Maybe it will be like last time, when the rye was rotting in the field. He does not understand that they always have to wait for the others. The old farmer gives him a sharp rebuke: "Don't pretend to be smarter than you are!“

Directed by Svend Methling · Written by Bernhard Jensen

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Elith Pio Christian VII
Bjarne Henning-Jensen Kronprins Frederik
August Liebmann A.P. Bernstorff, statsminister
Carlo Wieth Christian Ditlev Reventlow, greve
Clara Pontoppidan Frederikke Louise Stolberg, grevinde
Sigrid Neiiendam Birthe
Henrik Malberg Jeppe, fæstebonde
Charles Wilken Adrian, købmand

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