Aged 63, Karen Blixen is at the pinnacle of her fame and next in line to win the Nobel Prize for literature. It has been 17 years since she gave up her famous farm in Africa, only to return to Denmark with her life in ruins. Devastated by syphilis and having lost the love of her life, she has reinvented herself as a literary sensation. One day, she meets a talented 30-year-old poet whom she promises literary stardom if he in return will obey her unconditionally, even at the cost of him losing everything else in his life.
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Birthe Neumann
Karen Blixen
Simon Bennebjerg
Thorkild Bjørnvig
Nanna Skaarup Voss
Grete
Asta Kamma August
Benedicte
Anders Heinrichsen
Knud W. Jensen
Marie Mondrup
Fru Carlsen
Kurt Dreyer
Heinrich
Jytte Kvinesdal
Sygeplejerske
Téo Lepetit
Fransk kulturelite
Susanne Bruhn
Dansk kulturelite
Bjarne Jønsson
Dansk kulturelite
Nathan Benson
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