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The Hand of Fate

19221h 21mAugust Blom

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The God-fearing vicar Niels Quist lives with his beloved daughter Mette in the small Jutland town of Vejlby. The newly elected county bailiff and local magistrate, Erik Sørensen, is the lucky fellow who wins Mette’s heart, but their happiness is short-lived: One day, the vicar’s farmhand mysteriously disappears, and all signs suggest that the vicar is the killer. But is Erik Sørensen willing and able to sentence his own true love's father to death?

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What is The Hand of Fate (1922) about?

The God-fearing vicar Niels Quist lives with his beloved daughter Mette in the small Jutland town of Vejlby. The newly elected county bailiff and local magistrate, Erik Sørensen, is the lucky fellow who wins Mette’s heart, but their happiness is short-lived: One day, the vicar’s farmhand mysteriously disappears, and all signs suggest that the vicar is the killer. But is Erik Sørensen willing and…

Who stars in The Hand of Fate?

The Hand of Fate stars Gunnar Tolnæs (Erik Sørensen, herredsfoged), Viggo Wiehe (Søren Quist, sognepræsten i Vejlby), Ingeborg Spangsfeldt (Mette, præstens datter), Peter Nielsen (Morten Bruus til Ingvorstrup), Hans Christian Sørensen (Niels Bruus). The film was directed by August Blom.

How long is The Hand of Fate?

The Hand of Fate has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1922.

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