Empire (2023)

movie · 93 min · Danish · 6.4/10

Streaming in Sweden on Tele2 Play and Viaplay.

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.

Starring Anna Neye Poulsen, Sara Fanta Traore, Claus Riis Østergaard, Jesper Groth, Tyler Errol Murray, Caroline Henderson, James L. Sampson, Søs Sif Thiele.

Drama · Comedy · History

New on Tele2 Play · New on Viaplay

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