Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter Sofie's progress through life: a love affair with a gentile painter, an arranged marriage , childbirth and ever more fateful challenges.

• Det Danske Filminstitut
• Nordisk Film Denmark
• Karen-Lise Mynster
• Ghita Nørby
• Erland Josephson
• Jesper Christensen
• Torben Zeller
• Henning Moritzen
• Stig Hoffmeyer
• Kirsten Rolffes