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.

Anna Neye Poulsen
Anna

Sara Fanta Traore
Petrine

Claus Riis Østergaard
Peter Von Scholten

Jesper Groth
Admiral Irminger
Tyler Errol Murray
Frederik

Caroline Henderson
Gudrun
James L. Sampson
Tom

Søs Sif Thiele
Mrs. Nielsen

Jesper Asholt
Mr. Nielsen

Anders Brink Madsen
Mr. Hagensen

Chérie Celeste Malone
Ester

Prince Yaw Appiah
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