Han frigav slaverne i 1848. Han talte konge og regering imod. Han elskede sine samtidige koner lige højt. Han var farverig, han var enevældig, han var Danmarks sidste generalguvernør på De vestindiske Øer, hans navn var Peter von Scholten. Filmen om ham er en pragtfuld historie om storhed, magt og stædighed på den ene side, og om kærlighed, loyalitet og vemod på den anden. Den er et farverigt galleri af personer, der viser tiden, danskeren i det fremmede – og det sorte menneske i relief til det hvide.
Genres:
Ole Ernst as Peter von Scholten
Karen-Lise Mynster as Anna von Scholten
Anna Adair as Datteren
Jesper Langberg as Frederik von Scholten
Henning Moritzen as Kong Christian VIII
Birgitte Federspiel as Dronning Caroline Amalie
Etta Cameron as
Preben Kristensen as
Bodil Udsen as
Hans-Henrik Krause as
Søren Pilmark as
Dale Smith as
Olaf Ussing as
Preben Neergaard as
Torben Jensen as
Arne Hansen as
Dick Kaysø as
Lars Lunøe as
Bodil Lassen as
Guido Paevatalu as
Henning Jensen as
Søren Rode as
Birgit Conradi as
Gyrd Løfquist as
Leonard Malone as
John Larsen as
Helge Scheuer as
Lillian Tillegreen as
Raymond Adjavon as
Ebbe Trenskow as
Fritze Hedemann as
Torben Jetsmark as
Edwin Donoghue as
Hans Christian Ægidius as
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