From Darkness Towards Light

Release Date: 1928-01-01

Overview: Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the city, the new opportunities arising and the improved living conditions created as the welfare state expands. ‘From darkness towards light’ is Denmark’s first-ever Social Democratic propaganda film, and it was part of the election campaign leading up to the local elections in 1929. (stumfilm.dk)

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Cast

Knud Rassow

as Lars Hansen, farveriarbejder

Marie Dinesen

as Karen Hansen, Lars' kone

Edith Norup

as Eva, Hansens datter

Hjalmar Bendtsen

as Fabrikant Gorm

Frida Budtz Müller

as Fru Gorm