Empire

About Empire

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.

Empire (2023) is a comedy history film directed by Frederikke Aspöck.

Anna Neye Poulsen stars as Anna, Sara Fanta Traore as Petrine, Claus Riis Østergaard as Peter Von Scholten, and Jesper Groth as Admiral Irminger. It runs 93 minutes and was released in April 2023.

The screenplay is by Anna Neye Poulsen.