A Fortunate Man

About A Fortunate Man

A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.

A Fortunate Man is a 2018 drama film directed by Bille August. It runs 162 minutes and was released in August 2018.

Esben Smed stars as Lykke-Per, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal as Jakobe Salomon, Benjamin Kitter as Ivan Salomon, and Julie Christiansen as Nanny Salomon. Written by Anders Frithiof August and Bille August. The film began as a novel.

Members will find ambition, engineer, 19th century, and religion in it.

There Will Be Blood, The Song of Bernadette, and The Godfather make useful companions to A Fortunate Man. It scores 6.7 out of 10 from 177 TMDB voters.