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.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark, Norsk Film, SF Studios, Svenska Filminstitutet, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
- Keyword: woman director
- Cast: Karen-Lise Mynster, Ghita Nørby, Erland Josephson, Jesper Christensen, Torben Zeller, Henning Moritzen