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Jutland for burial beside his father and stays for an indeterminate time. During his stay in the countryside, Peter's eye wanders to Inger, the Vicar's daughter. He has restless nights and faces an existential crisis, believing his father has cursed him and that God is judging him and his lifestyle. When Peter returns to
Copenhagen, he calls off the engagement with Jakobe. Jakobe is devastated, not telling Peter she is pregnant. Peter is now rejected by Copenhagen society and returns home destitute. Jakobe gets a private abortion.
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political thought, monied-class businessmen, cultural rules and expectations, and the
Salomon family. Their daughter Jakobe was to marry Eybert, a little older, wealthy, and established Jewish man, but instead falls in love with Peter. Peter fails to win ministerial government approval for his plans. Phillip, the senior Salomon, decides to send Peter to Austria to further his engineering studies and get others' review of his plans for canals, windmills, and water energy. Peter and Jakobe are separated by his travels.
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They exchange words and acts of love, and she becomes pregnant. As
Austrian scholars approve of Peter's ideas, Ivan and his father set up financial backing. Jakobe is making wedding plans and a joint trip to England. Unbeknownst to Peter, his destitute widowed mother moves to Copenhagen and begs Peter to return to Christ. She attempts to give Peter his father's pocket watch. Peter becomes angry at a story his mother shares and leaves without the watch.
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triumph and catastrophe. A sprawling story of grand scope and high romance from the
Academy Awardâwinning director of 'Pelle the Conqueror', 'A Fortunate Man' is a rare kind of filmâbeautifully realized, full of exceptional performances, and with a dramatic sweep on par with the great classics of cinema."
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Copenhagen of the 1880s. An engineer with progressive ideas, he is welcomed by a wealthy Jewish family and insinuates himself into their opulent milieu, embarking on a journey of personal and professional ambition that teeters on the razorâs edge between
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Christian religion, is poor but studies hard. He befriends a waitress who teaches him the ways of the city and introduces him to the world of sex but she is dismissed on
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A project meeting is set and everything is a go except for the local government minister's approval. Peter refuses to apologize for an earlier outburst and his pride and arrogance kill the project. Peter's mother dies and leaves him the watch with a letter of advice. Peter takes her body back to
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