The Hand of Fate (1922)

8.0/10 • 81 min • Drama Crime

Overview

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?

Cast

Gunnar Tolnæs

Erik Sørensen, herredsfoged

Viggo Wiehe

Søren Quist, sognepræsten i Vejlby

Clara Schønfeld

Moster Gertrud

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